Places ckoohle Wants to Go

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

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

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

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

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

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

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

The world's only known button museum.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

Tiny historical streetcars wind through a small scale version of Crescent City in this whimsical train garden.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

Once defending the city of New Orleans from invasion by sea, this fort faces an uncertain future.

A 200-year-old bar in the historic French Quarter refuses to give up its place in history, nor its role in securing ours.