Places that1uplife Wants to Go

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

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

In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

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

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Honoring Italian greats from Joe DiMaggio to Rocky Marciano.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

A towering Art Deco movie palace made to look like a Mayan temple.

A science teacher's dream.

The first and only museum dedicated to stained glass and horology opened outside of Chicago in 2017.

Roses and other fascinating flora fill this garden built to commemorate Britain's immortal Bard.

A student designed this 3D-printed scale replica of the entire university campus.

A historic beacon built in the aftermath of the worst maritime disaster on the Great Lakes.

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

Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.

The murals have transformed a residential alley into a vibrant drive-through gallery.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

A rare cliffside vantage point of Lake Michigan with an explosive history.