Places clpartin Wants to Go

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

A lonely stone-sided terminal stands next to a grass airstrip on Michigan's Leelanau Peninsula.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

An enormous roadside pan tells the story of a battle for pie glory.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

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

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

The former home is said to be haunted by the ghosts of the beloved mayor and his wife who lived here.

Former self-sufficient mental institution now a planned community.

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

It leads to a former hospital’s old root cellar.

Once a home for cows and hay, this barn has been transformed into an event cathedral.

This enchanting forest trail leads to ethereal abodes and a giant bird's nest.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

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

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

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