Places joylucente Wants to Go

This carved armchair marks the final resting place for two pals in the Chicago suburbs.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

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

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

A hundred-year-old museum filled with giant physics toys and experiments designed by grad students.

An Illinois prairie preserve where the real show begins after sunset.

The Rhubarb capital of Illinois has made their title official with this 10 foot tall statue.

An actor's tribute to a former mentor.

This graveyard is home to the so-called "Witch's Circle."

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

Walk along the intricate path of this stone labyrinth and gardens.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

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

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

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

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

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

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.