Statues in Illinois

The Rhubarb capital of Illinois has made their title official with this 10 foot tall statue.

Honoring the star of the “The Bob Newhart Show” which took place in the city of Chicago in the 1970s.

In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.

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

This rare female version of the Muffler Man has its clothes removed each summer to signal the start of pool season.

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

Julia Buccola Petta's body was peculiarly well-preserved when it was exhumed six years after her death.

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

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

The city of Rockford, Illinois is symbolically protected by a quartet of fittingly stony sentinels.