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Nimrochill

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Avid traveler of the USA, firm believer that you can find the coolest things and experiences by taking detours.

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Ida Crown Natatorium

Chicago, Illinois

Ida Crown Natatorium

An eccentric park and pool.

The S.S. Eastland being hauled upright.

Chicago, Illinois

S.S. Eastland Memorial

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

Typical intersection.
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Freight Tunnels

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

Shit Fountain

Chicago, Illinois

Shit Fountain

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Chicago, Illinois

Holy Trinity Cathedral

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

The newly restored Tiffany Dome.

Chicago, Illinois

Tiffany Dome

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

The entrance to Couch Place today.

Chicago, Illinois

Couch Place (The Alley of Death)

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Puerto Rican Flag Sculptures

Chicago, Illinois

Puerto Rican Flag Sculptures

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

The Alvin

Chicago, Illinois

The Alvin

A Chicago Movie Palace Lost to Time.

The arch

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Stock Exchange Arch

A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.

Goldblatt’s Department Store Flagship Location

Chicago, Illinois

Goldblatt’s Department Store Flagship Location

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

The Hub Theatre

Chicago, Illinois

The Hub Theatre

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.

Chicago Temple

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Temple

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

Trading room circa 1894

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Stock Exchange Trading Room

Once at the center of U.S. finance, the historic Trading Room was meticulously recreated piece by piece and rebuilt in the Art Institute.

The Empty Bottle

Chicago, Illinois

The Empty Bottle

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

Pritzker Military Museum & Library

Chicago, Illinois

Pritzker Military Museum & Library

A military museum and library dedicated to the citizen soldier.

1810s English Rotunda, Thorne Miniature Rooms

Chicago, Illinois

Thorne Miniature Rooms

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

The hotel lobby

Chicago, Illinois

Palmer House Hilton

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Haymarket Square

Chicago, Illinois

Haymarket Square

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

Gallery view.

Chicago, Illinois

L.H. Selman Glass Gallery

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

The Museum of Holography
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

The Museum of Holography

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Closeup of Man with Fish.

Chicago, Illinois

Man With Fish

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

The Livonian Wolves at the Leaping Wall
Permanently Closed

Chicago, Illinois

Livonian Wolves at the Leaping Wall

In one Chicago park, a trio of werewolves are waiting to devour their fallen brethren.

Rosenberg Statue

Chicago, Illinois

Rosenberg Statue

A goddess-topped water fountain in Chicago was created thanks to the dreams of a thirsty newsboy.

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