Places mcdermany Wants to Go

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

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

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

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

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

What remains of the simple red brick chapel where the women's rights movement began.

A near tragic event on this bridge helped inspire the classic film "It's a Wonderful Life."

Launch vegetables using oversized slingshots at this Fingerlakes winery's roadside attraction.

The final resting place of Harriet Tubman and other famous historical figures.

The shared home of a utopian commune that practiced "free love" a century before the hippies.

Abandoned rock quarry now a haven for mountain bikers and hikers.

An abandoned asylum where patients have been forgotten but their possessions remain.

The freshest fish here are the ones you catch yourself.

A Catholicism-themed restaurant where sacrilege is on the menu.

A surreal statue honoring Prague's favorite literary son.