Places toniamonkey Wants to Go

Pizza with a side of fine art.

The world's only known button museum.

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

What's left of the ruins of the 1893 Columbian Exhibition, or World's Fair, also known as the White City.

All of Chicago's wood-paved streets are long gone but two alleys remain.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.

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

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

This oddity shop contains everything from antique tools to a human skeleton.

Home to a timed geyser created by complete accident.

This trail leads to a mine that was used as a sanctuary during the Great Fire of 1910.

After this former brothel closed, its interior remained almost frozen in time.

Tucked away on a scenic trail, a modest memorial honors one of the greatest writers of our time.

The largest outdoor art gallery in the Northwest United States.

Three generations of intrepid collectors display their curious artifacts in a homemade museum right next to the caves they discovered.

This historic Idaho island is home to a strange timeshare museum, a homemade mini-golf course, and an outhouse named Aunt Fanny.

These century-old beehive-shaped kilns were built to produce charcoal for nearby mines.

A black cottonwood gets a second life as a home for books.

Rare and gorgeous birds abound in this protected wildlife sanctuary.

The mayor made the declaration in 2004.

A small section of Boise, Idaho maintains the unique culture and traditions of the Basque people.

Natural rock water slides hidden in the remote forests of northern Idaho.

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

Jail from the 19th century that was built by inmates.