Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

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

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