Places mrrust44 Wants to Go

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

A bloodstain from "the wound of the transverberation of the heart."

An eccentric park and pool.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

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

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

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

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

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

The world's only known button museum.

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

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

One of the world’s most colorful cemeteries, where each pigment is symbolic.

Hidden deep in the Guatemalan jungle is a turquoise paradise of natural pools, caves, and waterfalls.

This massive Maya archaeological site is home to the tallest man-made structure in Belize.

A natural swimming hole that was once a ceremonial center for Mayan priests.

A devastated ruin in the south of Belize where British explorers claimed to unearth the Mitchell-Hedges Crystal Skull.

An important Mayan religious and trading center dating back to 200 BC.

A mysterious, abandoned Chinese building in Mexico pays homage to the area's East Asian immigrants.