Places Michael Barera Wants to Go

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

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

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

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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.

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

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

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

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

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

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

This memorial to the Mercury Seven astronaut stands at the site of his former elementary school.

Purdue students would lean over this iron fence to skirt campus rules against smoking and courting.

One of the world’s largest living advertisements is made out of pine trees.

Indiana's shrine to the sport that has become a hallmark of their culture.

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

This midcentury chapel is a bold architectural statement and a symbol of Indiana's Lutheran heritage.