Places thepencilburner Wants to Go

Once a speakeasy operated by Al Capone, this Milwaukee cigar bar is now a haven for ghost hunters.

The largest single concentration of harmless garter snakes in the world is a writhing Canadian serpent orgy.

Where dioramas can follow you home.

The beloved home to all publications indie, erotic, and punky.

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

In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

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

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

This alley in downtown Chicago held the bodies of over 600 people after the fateful Iroquois Theatre fire.

Where Cusack's record store from the film "High Fidelity" was located.

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

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Beloved bar home to musicians of all eras and reputations.

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

The twin towers in this Chicago fountain use 50 foot tall video screens to spit on people.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

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