Places Oubliette Wants to Go

An avant garde art museum at the University of Chicago.

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

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

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

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

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

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

A haunting statue called "Eternal Silence" has quite the reputation among visitors with active imaginations.

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

A collection of early 19th century trams set in a reconstructed period village.

Stonehenge has nothing on Castlerigg’s views.

Legends say this red sandstone monolith and the dozens of smaller boulders that surround it were once a coven of witches—before a Scottish wizard turned them all to stone.

A lone pole once used to display a man's corpse now stands empty, but the memory remains.

A million and a half tons of earth were used to create one of the world's largest land sculptures.

This tidal island, a sacred site in early English Christianity, was the target of a notable Viking invasion.

This building played host to some of the most influential minds of the Industrial Revolution and now serves as a reminder of the influence of Northern coalfields.

This Roman archeological site is hidden amid a 1930s housing estate.

An old California photo stand has been turned into a shrine to the cozy art of crochet.

This general store offers visitors a glimpse back into the 1930s.

Carrying on the legacy of a short-lived experimental school tucked away in the mountains of North Carolina.

A museum dedicated to the legacy of Bob Moog and his pioneering synthesizers.

Practice your Dirty Dancing lifts in the manmade lake where Johnny Castle himself did.