Places nickblossom Wants to Go

A late sculptor's last project was to turn this abandoned cement factory into a castle-themed amusement park.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

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

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

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

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

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

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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

Former bath house turns gastropub.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.

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

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

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

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

This award-winning men's bathroom was just too beautiful to not allow women to see.