Places Nimrochill Wants to Go

Where dioramas can follow you home.

A large collection of motorbikes with some impressive gems.

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

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

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

This midcentury chapel is a bold architectural statement and a symbol of Indiana's Lutheran heritage.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

One of the few remaining relics of the meatpacking hub that made Chicago the "hog butcher to the world."

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

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

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