Places maelstrom035 Wants to Go

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

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

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

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.

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

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

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

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

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

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