Places erinmawn9 Wants to Go

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Visit the grave of America's most prominent paranormal investigators and self-proclaimed demonologists.

An abandoned Depression-era zoo hidden just off the highway.

This sculpture memorializes the town's connection to the famous horror author Edgar Allan Poe.

The site of the Andover Witch Hunts, which ended with more witch accusations and arrests than Salem.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

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

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

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

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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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.

The only museum in the world dedicated to the global, historic, and modern art of beadwork.

Get up close to an F-4 Phantom flown in the Vietnam War at this Florida park.

This mysterious marker puzzles pedestrians and infuriates geographers.

The crown jewel of the Queens Museum is a nearly 10,000-square-foot architectural model of the city originally built for the 1964 World's Fair.

The final resting place of the great escape artist, where some still gather to wait for his escape from death.