Places phildzielski Wants to Go

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

A gothic church spire sits atop this skyscraper, the tallest church in the world.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

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

A science teacher's dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

This morbid, delightful curiosity shop offers everything from animal bones to human teeth.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

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

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

At Macon’s oldest cemetery two members of Allman Brothers are buried side by side.

After just one epic test blast, this literal loose cannon proved too explosive for combat.

Constant erosion has created a surreal landscape of bleached and preserved fallen trees.

The remnants of sheer survival in Dublin's monastery district.

FDR hoped to find a cure for polio in this Georgia town's warm springs.

An elegant Georgian cemetery best known for the grave of the little girl whose murder on Christmas Day remains unsolved.

Home of Dutchy, an exhumed Confederate statue that was once torn down by an angry mob for looking stupid.

Shaped like a big top tent, this memorial honors the victims of a terrible train wreck.