Places KimKarishma Wants to Go

Where dioramas can follow you home.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

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

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

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

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

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

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

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

The world's only known button museum.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

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

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