Places kyrstyn03 Wants to Go

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

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

The remains of a 19th century spring, and the site of an infamous unsolved murder.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

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

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

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

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

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

A hidden alley in urban Baltimore is a haven for graffiti artists.

Hellam Township is reputed to feature seven remote gates, which when passed through in the right order, open an entrance to hell.

When oil was discovered just outside of Pittsburgh, the city became home to this regional stock market.

Designed by Horace Trumbauer in 1893, this Gothic-style castle is now a home for academics.

This museum is dedicated to the first coast-to-coast highway.

Antiques and recycled art surround this cabin designed to resemble a 19th-century schoolhouse.

One of the first commercially successful anthracite-powered iron-making operations in North America.

The beloved, war-tested mascot of a Union regiment graces their battlefield monument.

Visitors to Salt Springs State Park are encouraged to literally put their two cents in Penny Rock.

This 15-foot tall obelisk commemorating the Philadelphia-Baltimore railroad connection sat neglected for over a century.

A museum and research center dedicated to preserving the history of Rolls-Royce and Bentley motorcars.