Places lisaintheevening Wants to Go

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

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

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

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

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

The world's only known button museum.

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

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

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Chicago's largest cemetery is full of beautiful Victorian monuments and more than a few ghost stories.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.