Places MaxC Wants to Go

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

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

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

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

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

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

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.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

This Canadian island is a veritable garden of decay with countless abandoned structures dotting the landscape.

There's a 12-foot-tall replica of the Washington Monument hidden under a manhole nearby.

A decidedly out of place statue memorializes the Blues Brothers characters at this water bottling plant.

This abandoned Olympic skiing facility still bears the scars of the Siege of Sarajevo.

A war-torn Olympic relic is being overtaken by graffiti and nature.