Places Jordan Duffy Wants to Go

This museum dedicated to an oft-overlooked support industry features a surprisingly moving brass diorama of a man being saved from a sinking car.

A strange egg in a mucky bog of western Ireland marks the spot of an aviation milestone.

Though they've since been renamed, these two streets hint at Dublin's darker days.

More than 5,000 artifacts donated by the people of the city, plus a room entirely devoted to the band U2.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

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

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

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

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

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

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

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

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

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

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.