Places Marbles07 Wants to Go

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

Locals dubbed it the "Owl Building" because of its bird-like appearance.

Continuing the tradition of the dime museum in style.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

At Chicago's revered Field Museum, visitors are invited to learn about and literally explore DNA.

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

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

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

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.