Places lokimann Wants to Go

This old-fashioned confectionary has been family owned and operated for more than a century.

A taxidermy “mermaid,” vampire-killing kits, and hundreds of other bizarre objects are housed at this quirky museum.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

The multinational Burger King chain is banned from operating within 20 miles of a family restaurant filed under the same name.

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

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

A notorious Route 66 eatery once frequented by Al Capone.

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

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

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

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

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.

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

A science teacher's dream.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.