Places toothbat Wants to Go

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.

Combination beer garden and music venue in the heart of Wicker Park.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

The clothes-washing king doubles as a community center with some unusual features, including an aviary filled with finches.

A century-old network of freight tunnels underneath the city's historic business district.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

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

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

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

Designed by Alfred Caldwel, this landscape showcases his vision of a native garden.

The sign to a demolished amusement park now stands in front of a local library.

Pumpkin-like gargoyles and grotesques peer down from the rooftop of this unassuming apartment building in Illinois.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

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

An outdoor urban gallery of large-scale artworks by the world's most influential street artists.

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.