Places joylucente Wants to Go

A hidden oasis just north of Chicago's Chinatown.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

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

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

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

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

After an Illinois church was struck by lightning and burned down, Frank Lloyd Wright designed this replacement.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

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

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

Within this beautiful Pittsburgh cemetery, a unique headstone bears witness to one man's eternal love for Jaws.