Places tracylynn45 Wants to Go

To truly appreciate Detroit's landmark skyscraper, you have to step inside.

An ornate Detroit church, left empty and ravaged by time.

The bones of an old zoo crumbling in the shadow of a new one.

Berry Gordy Jr.'s old home was the original headquarters of Motown Record Corporation.

A wacky two-story folk-art assemblage of carved and found objects, with lights, motion, and sound now in need of financial support.

A theater sits abandoned on Roosevelt Road, once majestic in splendor, now majestic in decay.

A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.

Partially submerged Buddha heads freckle Chicago’s neighborhoods.

A 19th-century horse lover's bequest led to the construction of this unique fountain in Chicago.

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

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

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

The world's only known button museum.

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

A science teacher's dream.

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

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

This massive stained-glass masterpiece is thought to be the largest Tiffany dome in existence.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

A curious building honoring past and current members of a historic musical comedy troupe.

This meticulously extracted nervous system allegedly came from a 19th-century custodian who donated her body to science.

A museum dedicated to the strange and extravagant costumes and memorabilia of the mummers, a tradition older than Philadelphia itself.