Places Zesra Wants to Go

A subterranean world of tunnels links several buildings of this rare 19th-century asylum.

Strange physical sensations and optical contradictions keep visitors coming back for more.

The remains of an abandoned dinosaur theme park litter the woods just off the highway.

Hamissi Mamba and Nadia Nijimbere opened this community-minded restaurant serving dishes from their native Burundi.

Inside the Wayne County airport is an amazing collection of lights and sounds.

The collection of ceremonial and cultural objects spans many countries and hundreds of years.

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

The Beaux-Arts aquarium boasts a vast collection of saltwater and freshwater fish on an island in the Detroit River.

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

Hell on Earth is actually a small town in Michigan where anyone can be mayor for a day.

These gardens recreate unique and endangered Michigan habitats.

This unique museum cafeteria showcases the history and regional diversity of African American cuisine.

The world's oldest soul food restaurant is also one of its best.

"Iron Age" creatures fill this huckster's rusted metal sculpture garden.

A museum cafe showcases Native American dishes and indigenous ingredients from across the Western Hemisphere.

This art gallery and oddities boutique bewitches visitors with a trove of occult trinkets and eccentric antiques, work by an ever-changing roster of underground artists, and classes in tarot and other mystic arts.

Kwanu'sila the Thunderbird has been silently watching over Chicago for more than 100 years (kind of).

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

The unluckiest U-boat in the entire German fleet is now on display in a Chicago museum.

Fragments of architectural wonders from around the globe are embedded in the newspaper building's walls.

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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

A small Chicago museum filled with thousands of preserved butterflies, beetles, and more.

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