Places matshultz9 Wants to Go

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

A chilling disappearance (and rescue) of a child uncovers a geological mystery.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

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

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

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

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

A Bibliophile's Dream.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

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

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

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

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

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

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