Places Nimrochill Wants to Go

A collection of over 2000 air-moving devices of all kinds displayed in the Fanimation headquarters.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

The restaurant keeps a hidden séance room on the second floor and reserves a table for the spirit of the former owner each night.

The oldest operational cathedral in the U.S. has one shell of a way of projecting speakers' voices.

Shop for books in the New Orleans house where William Faulkner once lived.

A treasure trove of rare and exquisitely detailed antiques

The curiosities and wonders of pharmacy in a delightful historic building.

The oldest family-run restaurant in the United States is a living museum of New Orleans dining history.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

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

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

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

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

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