Places NecroCactus Wants to Go

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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

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

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

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

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

Over 1,000 pieces of one of the most niche art objects imaginable: the glass paperweight.

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

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

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

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

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

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

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

Once a black market electronics marketplace, now an otaku shopper's paradise.