Places TeamDD Wants to Go

A 10-foot segment of the concrete barrier stands quietly on the campus.

The only Bahá'í house of worship in North America and one of only a handful worldwide.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

One of the largest pieces of scientific equipment ever carried on a NASA space shuttle sits in a Chicago alley.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

A 400-foot-tall tall map of Chicago makes this once-ignored building stand out.

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

Where dioramas can follow you home.

Orthodox church partially financed by Tsar Nicolas II.

This bronze sculpture on a former squash court marks the secret origins of the Atomic Age.

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

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

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

A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.

The last masonry skyscraper ever built reveals a transitional moment in architectural history.

One of the last functioning antique elevators in Chicago.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

One of the last Depression-era bandshells still standing was the site of Elvis Presley’s first live concert.

Underneath this water pump, Annie Sullivan helped Keller speak her first words.