Places hopemch Wants to Go

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

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

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

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

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

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

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.