Places EmileeRicketts Wants to Go

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

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

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

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

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

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

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.

A relic of the Cold War in Chicago.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Inside the center are Italian works of art and a replica model of St. Peter's Basilica.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

These murals have been brightening a Chicago beach for more than 30 years.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.