Places jznikolovski Wants to Go

Colorado's only active volcano last erupted around 4,000 years ago.

The name is a dubious distinction for the man who ordered a full retreat during what is considered the first engagement of the Black Hawk War.

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

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

These five houses were built for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair.

Before the Vatican, there was Dolton: This is the childhood home of the first American pope.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

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

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

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

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

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

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

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.