Places hopemch Wants to Go

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

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

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

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

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

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

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

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

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.