Places NatashaM Wants to Go

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

A long lost multi-cultural music venue used to reside in the bottom floor of Chicago's Flat Iron Building.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

An eccentric park and pool.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.