Places Nimrochill Wants to Go

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

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

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

Odd, decrepit fountain honors Chicago author who had mixed feelings about his hometown.

"No writer ever gave more to a city and got back less.”

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

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

The world's only known button museum.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

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

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

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

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

A little-known subterranean street runs under some of the best-known buildings in Chicago's River North.

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Small and slightly hidden, the American Writers Museum is preserving the legacy of America's finest authors.