Places jennysgreatapt Wants to Go

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

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

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

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

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

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

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

The world's only known button museum.

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

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

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

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

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.