Places edenw Wants to Go

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

Tour the sci-fi-esque reality of governmental disease management.

For the last eight decades, this curious shop has been ridding Atlanta of bad juju.

A grassroots community effort in the 1970s led to the creation of this beautiful garden full of delightfully whimsical exhibits.

No passport is required to eat around the world at this elegant restaurant.

Beside some power panels, a plaque celebrates the history of an alternate world.

Unruly residents were housed in this one-person cell until the Black Maria arrived.

The legacies of two historic Black American institutions live on in this unassuming brick building.

Rare and classic books by Black authors are the focus at this independent bookstore in a historic Atlanta neighborhood.

Mai Tais and Navy Grog served up in one of the original tiki bars.

A psychedelic tribute to one of Georgia's most unique artistic visionaries, out of place and time in the heart of Atlanta.