Places michaelraqimmira Wants to Go

In 2004, a Dave Matthews Band tour bus dumped 800 pounds of waste off a bridge and onto an unsuspecting tour boat below.

Also known as the Osaka Garden, this garden was originally built in 1893 as part of the World's Columbian Exposition.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

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

Illegal drag racing two stories beneath Chicago’s streets.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

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

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

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

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

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

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

Bask in the 19th century grandeur of an eccentric Freemason millionaire's private gardens.

These secluded and abandoned anti-aircraft defenses have become one the most scenic viewpoints in Barcelona.

A centuries-old bar once frequented by Picasso, Hemingway, and Dalí.

A once-secret library of Freemason history in Catalonia.

Occupied for six centuries by Franciscan Order nuns, this monastery is an amazing ode to Catalán Gothic architecture.

One of Antoni Gaudí’s earliest buildings, built between 1886 and 1890 for the industrialist Eusebi Güell.