Places bshea Wants to Go

The installation’s official name, “You Who Are Getting Obliterated in the Dancing Swarm of Fireflies,” says it all.

A former department store turned into a quirky restaurant.

Come for the pizza, stay for a performance on the world's largest theater pipe organ.

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

Known as one of America's most beautiful public restrooms.

The site of a minor battle might have been forgotten if not for one participant’s famous family and the death of a respected warrior.

Stay in a luxury cabin or refurbished Airstream in this former mining camp-turned-retreat.

Climb to the top of this spiritual tower, and you'll be rewarded with spectacular views.

Located in the world's highest-altitude Dark Sky Community, this observatory welcomes amateur and professional astronomers alike.

A collection of fading fantasy tchotchkes lines this dirt road in the Colorado wilderness.

This dynamic entertainment venue brings a much-needed funkiness to the region with its bizarre art, eclectic films screenings, and peculiar performance pieces.

An architect in Aspen used psychedelics as his muse while building this mushroom masterpiece.

A home covered with elaborate mosaic and other pieces of art.

This now-abandoned outcrop is an important Native American spiritual site, overtaken by European settlers and mining pollution.

Hike, ski, or snowshoe to a backcountry yurt that serves up gourmet, four-course dinners.

A one-of-a-kind sundial at the Very Large Array honors a radio astronomy pioneer, incorporating the original piers from his breakthrough radio telescope.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

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

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

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

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.