Places Big C Wants to Go

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

Not to be confused with the iconic New York City skyscraper, this Chicago building is a vibrant hub for artists.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

The large collection of pre-Columbian pottery might make you blush.

An illuminated manuscript comprising the life's work of a lone monk, inexplicably decorated with a portrait of Satan himself.

A pedestrian island in the middle of world-famous Times Square emits a strange (and purposeful) humming noise.

This vessel is believed to be the oldest operating fireboat in the world.

Local history museum with mammoth bones and an old myth about local giants

An unusual waterfall in the Santa Rosa Range, within the Great Basin of Nevada.

The flow from this waterfall sometimes comes out of springs below its rim.

12,000 sq. ft. museum tracing erotic art from antiquity to modern times.

Decor at “Nevada’s Oldest Thirst Parlor” includes Raquel Welch's brassiere hanging from a stuffed moose head.

Only intact Ichthyosaur skeleton in the United States and an abandoned gold mine and ghost town all in one place!

This 19th-century church is now a popular roller rink.

Historic home to one of the most famous women pioneers of the 19th century.

A unique attraction and museum dedicated to exploring iconic roadside structures.

Get a taste of the Wild West and a glimpse into the gold rush in Goldfield's oldest continually-running business.

Eulogizing an unknown man's unusual demise.

This massive crater in the middle of nowhere was used to train astronauts for moon landings.

The first home of the doomed aviator Amelia Earhart.