Places Nimrochill Wants to Go

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

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

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

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

The site of a 19th century "dream city" that almost rivaled Chicago before being swallowed by the Indiana sand dunes.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

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

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

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

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

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

A Japanese temple, old German townhouses, and public chess tables offer a peaceful escape from the bustle of the North Side.

Hot Doug's "Hot Dog" Stand.

The subtle science of a master molecular gastronomist.

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

The 606 is a decade in the making.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

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

Chicago's Navy Pier on Lake Michigan was a training hub for aircraft carrier pilots during WWII.