Places tatumrmac Wants to Go

A once popular resort—said to be the vacation spot of gangster Al Capone—now remains abandoned in the woods of Arizona.

To find the "unicorns of the deep" you've got to go downstairs.

No one knows how many bodies are in this vault in a Chicago public park.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

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

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

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

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

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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

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

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

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

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

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

Three courses accompanied by Christian rock.

A ship that lived many lives under many names is now known merely as the "Ghost Ship."

A stunning, abandoned limestone quarry in southern Indiana provided the stone to erect the Empire State Building.

A local scoured more than 1,000 acres for stone to create his masterpiece.

Rabbit Hash is a heaping slice of Americana from another era, with a very peculiar origin behind its unusual name.

This modern castle sat empty for decades before a fire inspired its builders to complete its luxury halls.

The chiseled jaw of this forgotten American hero still stands tall in a small Indiana town.