Places marasta215 Wants to Go

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

A small burial plot formerly stranded in the middle of a road.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

For just a few bucks, this Iowa funicular will let you feel like an 1800s fat cat.

The only gulag ever to exist in socialist Yugoslavia.

A unique two-level bridge designed to honor a king.

A Christian monastery stands on what was once a holy Incan temple.

This antique rail car has been reborn as an urban cafe.

This 16th-century monastery was founded to cloister the daughters of wealthy local families.

This well held a sacred source of water supposedly unleashed from the barren rocks by a wizard-like archbishop.

This is why we can't have nice things on the Incan Trail.

These overlooked ruins give an intimate look at the Inca Empire's urban planning prowess.

A circle of stones on a hilltop in Peru’s high jungle, aligned with the winter solstice and largely ignored by archaeologists.

These ruined Incan mausoleum towers still bear carvings of sacred animals on their blocks.

Built on the remains of one the Incas’ most important gathering spots, this square keeps the spirit of a fallen empire alive.

This high-Andean reserve protects the graceful vicuña that was nearly hunted to extinction for its precious wool.