Places marytreptow Wants to Go

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

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

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

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A science teacher's dream.

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

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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

Water of undetermined depth has attracted rare fish and cult leaders alike.

A mysterious and endangered parasitic herb from the California desert.

This former lieutenant governor's home is brimming with curiosities.

The best Tiki bar in Las Vegas.

James Turrell's total color immersion art installation, hidden on the top floor of a luxury handbag shop.

A new kind of theme park for adults off the Las Vegas Strip.

This Minnesota town celebrated the state's 100-year anniversary by creating a massive ode to nature's smartest bird.

This Minnesota-shaped forest is actually located in the state it is shaped like.