Places jesadair Wants to Go

The vaulted ceiling is home to a scurry of “squirrelgoyles.”

The only university zoological museum in London houses extinct animals, bizarre natural history specimens, and a Micrarium of microscopic creatures.

Eighty million natural history specimens call this gargantuan museum home.

Mysterious heaps of stones dot these otherworldly woods.

Designed by Buckminster Fuller, this relic of the 67 Expo survived fire and ice.

One of Canada's oldest museums, the beautiful Redpath has been serving up Natural History and Ethnography since 1882.

One of the most controversial statues in Romania is an emperor with no clothes.

A celebration of all things tacky, garish, and bizarrely creative in the Romanian capital.

The bust of Romania’s most notorious ruler, Vlad Dracula aka "Vlad the Impaler," keeps watch over the ruins of his medieval court.

This once-derelict building is now one of the most beautiful bookstores in the world.

This solitary monastery may hold the remains of Vlad the Impaler (but probably not).

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

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

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

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

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

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

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

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

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

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.