Places jesadair Wants to Go

Center filled with hands-on displays served as a tribute to several astronauts with connections to the state.

A science teacher's dream.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

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

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

This lovely public park has an intriguing past and unique wooden bridges made of concrete.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

The only remnant of a small mining town is an abandoned railroad tunnel that is steeped in ghostly lore.

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

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

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

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

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

Rare recess caves fill this unbelievably beautiful Ohio park.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

An unassuming 13-acre park is home to over 12,000 roses.

Georges Seurat’s pointillist masterpiece has been recreated in Ohio in topiary form.