Places NatashaM Wants to Go

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

These abandoned grain silos and tunnels are an urban exploration dream.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

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

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

The 30,000-volume library is one of the world's most impressive poetry collections.

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

This museum celebrating the almighty dollar lets visitors literally stand in the shadow of a million bucks.

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

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

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

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

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

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

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