Places lostslav Wants to Go

This storied music venue was once a tavern that housed an Italian Anarchist book club and prohibition parties; today it's a community space for artists and musicians.

What appears to be a wizard's lair in Milwaukee actually houses a massive water pipe.

A group of artists transformed this desolate city alleyway into an outdoor gallery of street art.

A trailblazing sovereign nation tucked in the American state of Wisconsin.

Literally a million fascinating cartographic artifacts are held in this sprawling university collection.

An off-the-beaten-path place to literally hang beneath Milwaukee's Holton Street Bridge.

Thousands of unique minerals, including some of the most impressive fluorite crystals in the world.

This "little gallery in the middle of nowhere" is housed in a 170-year-old horse barn in the Missouri Ozarks.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

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

The world's largest anatomically accurate brain sculpture.

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

A whimsical folk art garden full of punny pieces and a diorama containing 3,500 toys.

Planes, trains, and automobiles have all been sunk as attractions at this Illinois diving spot.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

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

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

The longest navigable underground river in the United States is home to countless blind and albino animals.

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

Meant for a railway that was never built because of the Great Chicago Fire, these piers still stand nearly 150 years after they were installed.

A volcanic landmark located on an Ice age lake bed.