Places eternalmd31 Wants to Go

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

One of the oldest and tallest lighthouses still in service on Lake Michigan.

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

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

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

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

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

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

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

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

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

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

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

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

The world's only known button museum.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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