Places lisaintheevening Wants to Go

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

Wisconsin's most celebrated export gets the royal treatment on I-94.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

The birthplace of a titan of American cinema.

This stunning gothic ruin was a casualty of the Indiana steel industry crash.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

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.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

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

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.