Places esj74 Wants to Go

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

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

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

From banquet hall to Masonic Lodge and now concert venue, Ganz Hall is a breathtaking glimpse of into the golden age of American architecture.

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

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

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

The burial place of one the greatest Arthurian authors, with the sword in the (grave)stone.

Gladiators once walked this ancient, subterranean passage.

A sharp sculpture made of thousands of pieces of jagged glass.

The oldest standing Byzantine church in Athens is tucked within a monastery in the middle of an upscale shopping district.

The only ancient site that remains on the south bank of the sacred Ilissos river.