Places Nimrochill Wants to Go

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

This surprising gem is a world-class archeological museum hidden at the University of Chicago.

This abstract sculpture is rumored to cast a hammer-and-sickle shadow once a year.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

What may be America's largest classic video game arcade lurks inconspicuously in a Chicago suburb.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

Urban explorers embraced America's now demolished first suburban mall, south of Chicago.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

The NBA player's elaborate former home is now a ghost of its old glory.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.