Chicago, Illinois
Championship Vinyl in "High Fidelity"
Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.
Places I've been
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Chicago, Illinois
Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.
Chicago, Illinois
A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.
Chicago, Illinois
Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.
Chicago, Illinois
Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.
Chicago, Illinois
The 606 is a decade in the making.
Park Ridge, Illinois
A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.
Niles, Illinois
Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.
Schaumburg, Illinois
The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.
Woodstock, Illinois
This softly rounded mansion was built without corners not to avoid evil spirits, but to make them more comfortable.
Maywood, Illinois
The young Black revolutionary was killed before getting to see a non-segregated pool in his hometown.
Maywood, Illinois
A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.
Villa Park, Illinois
This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.
Lisle, Illinois
A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
This Niagara Falls tourist trap is a world bright with neon and curiosities that will inspire love, hate, or a mixture of both.
Denver, Colorado
The Denver airport is guarded by a 32-foot-tall sculpture of a demonic horse.
Montgomery, Alabama
Designed by Maya Lin, the memorial honors 41 individuals who died fighting for equal rights between 1954 and 1968.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
No telescopes, no power, no gift shop: The Observatory of Chichen Itza, one of the world's oldest observatories, takes astronomy back to basics.
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Every equinox this Maya pyramid puts on a spooky ancient light show.
Kinderhook, New York
At this farm in upstate New York, the former president plotted his reelection campaign.
Paris, France
The tradition of open-air secondhand and antiquarian bookselling in Paris dates back to the Renaissance.
London, England
These wire animal sculptures commemorate the exotic inhabitants that once called the Tower of London home.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.
Bushmills, Northern Ireland
This tiny train shuttles passengers to one of Northern Ireland's most spectacular sights.
Belfast, Northern Ireland
A museum marks and documents the site of the Titanic's launch.