Places tishtishtish Wants to Go

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

Rifle through images of skyscrapers, Worlds Fairs, and more in the largest public postcard repository in America.

A curious collection of miniatures in a quiet corner of the Chicago Children's Museum.

You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.

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

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

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

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

A shining sculpture made of 3,115 lights, the number of visible stars in the Northern Hemisphere.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

The world's only known button museum.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

Each of these gorgeous, intricately decorated rooms is painstakingly crafted to the scale of 1 inch: 1 foot.

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

This historic hotel invented the chocolate brownie.

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

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

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.

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A lush green oasis in the middle of Chicago.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.