Places Mallory Cywinski Wants to Go

A park full of outsider art, created by college students studying outsider art.

This historic iron-working village is now a ghost town so immaculate that it looks as though it was recently built.

A self-funded cemetery with a long list of inhabitants.

America's first serial killer rests in anonymity.

This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife.

In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.

Brooklyn's most iconic restaurant, resurrected.

This recipe is set in stone.

This enormous banquet-themed artwork honors over 1,000 notable women throughout history.

Underground vaults of a former brewery beneath Brooklyn's Crown Heights are now used to ripen cheese.

Just your average Marie Antoinette–themed speakeasy in an abandoned 19th-century subway tunnel.

This historic house museum that celebrates one of the world's most influential social reformers is also one of the most haunted locations in Chicago.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

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

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

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

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

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This grand gothic brewery has been pumping out suds for over a hundred years.

The site of the climactic scene from the classic horror film is now a historic landmark.