Places bluestorm1738 Wants to Go

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

An eccentric park and pool.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.