Places Jessfrawg Wants to Go

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

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

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

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

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

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

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

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

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

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

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

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.