Places mfollman1 Wants to Go

First planned industrial community in the United States.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

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

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

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

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

This monument owes its name to a quote by the famous civil rights activist and journalist.

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

The only Chicago bridgehouse open to the public contains a museum devoted to the Chicago River.

A lone traffic cone perched on a ledge has remained unmoved since at least 2011, unofficially earning the status of a tiny Chicago landmark.

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

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

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

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

The world's only known button museum.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.