Places ecseibel Wants to Go

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

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

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A fitting attraction for the corn capital of the world.

Farms are serving pizza made from their own fresh crops, a growing trend in the American Midwest.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

This water tower has been a staple of the Rochester skyline since 1931.

This metal shop's yard is filled with cutout art including an Eiffel Tower replica and Noah's Arch.

The first hand-illuminated, hand-written bible since the invention of the printing press.

Its collection contains relics from the devastating disaster that set the town ablaze.

The tragic death of 19-year-old Mabel Tainter in 1886 led to the construction of this unique Victorian-era theater in the northern woods of Wisconsin.

As the glaciers retreated out of northern Wisconsin, this unique natural wonder was crafted.

After four years of grasshopper plagues, this chapel was erected as a plea to God to make them end.

The history of central Minnesota under one roof.

This lone survivor of a regional franchise still slings delicious burgers and colossal servings of fries.

The fungus-shaped vintage gas station has served multiple purposes over its lifetime, and now serves ice cream.