Places lepainperdu Wants to Go

This grand old 80-foot sequoia towers above the buildings in the city’s retail center.

Deep into the lower floors of Pike Place, find a date with fowl fate.

This outdoor observatory offers stellar views and a scale model of our solar system.

A blast of nostalgia awaits visitors to this miniature indoor raceway.

The legendary luxury train passage is commemorated with a charming museum inside its former eastern terminus.

Large miniature theme park with 100-plus models.

A classically trained chef makes beloved burritos inside a gas station.

A 1950s Googie burger stand is now a Los Angeles landmark.

An abandoned fish-shaped drive-in gets a second life as a restaurant.

A train car sitting on a rooftop makes an unlikely and picturesque setting for dinner.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A saloon and inn that served the Wild West's most iconic figures—and is still haunted by some of them today.

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

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

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

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