Places norajean2317 Wants to Go

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Opened in 1956, the first modern indoor shopping mall in the world was inspired by the shopping arcades found in European cities.

Opened in 1976, this monster-sized version of the fast-food franchise is sometimes called the Epic McD.

Get up close to an F-4 Phantom flown in the Vietnam War at this Florida park.

Hidden in the plaza next to a pizza shop is an amazing little oddities shop.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

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

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

The largest interactive exhibition in the U.S. exploring human history through the lens of power, punishment, and psychology.

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

A journey begins with a single step, and for many, the road-trip of a lifetime started at this Chicago intersection.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.

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

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

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

Burial site of the notorious Chicago gangster.

In a cemetery full of holy men, mobsters, and haunted graves, among the most remarkable graves an ordinary husband and wife's spinning headstone.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

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

A section in the cemetery mostly for circus performers, including victims of the famous 1918 Hammond Circus train wreck.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

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