Places tjhoek Wants to Go

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

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

This abandoned subway station beneath the Waldorf-Astoria hotel is allegedly used to secretly transport presidents.

Two massive and unstable sinkholes are yearning to unite, and their consummation could be catastrophic.

Statue dedicated to the star of an old television show.

Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.

A plaque marks a former safe house on the secret route, now hidden next to a McDonald's.

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

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

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Landmark Chicago building narrowly avoided destruction.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.

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

A European-style bath house in Chicago.

This titanic Catholic church in Chicago is also a refuge of the fictional cult-favorite wizard detective Harry Dresden.

A beloved Chicago music venue offering cold beer and lots of “Friendly."

Former bath house turns gastropub.

Chicago’s incendiary role in the labor movement.

More than 8,000 drinking jugs say “Cheers!” to a guy named Toby.

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

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

A giant bronze coil of feces is both a tribute to doggie defecation and a reminder to pick it up.

These millipedes glow not out of attraction, but as a not-too-subtle warning.