Places Nimrochill Wants to Go

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

Years of archaeology, just chillin' by the water cooler.

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

Shop of curiosities with a dinosaur museum tucked in its basement.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

A science teacher's dream.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

Home with Gothic windows featured in a famous painting.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.