Places catlightly Wants to Go

One of only two pod-shaped homes designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

This historic crypt was said to have been designed and built by the very person who is buried inside of it.

One of the world’s largest and deepest freshwater springs, where mastodons once roamed.

This state park was once an important Native American cermonial center.

World's largest magnetic research facility.

This fairytale-inspired cottage was created by a university literature professor.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

The site of an ancient Mississippian settlement that appears to have flourished during the 10th to 13th centuries.

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

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

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

According to the legend, this strikingly beautiful hill has miraculous healing powers.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A giant, Gilded Age mansion that once belonged to the beer baron of Milwaukee.