Places Annaml Wants to Go

The farm toy capital of the world hosts a museum filled with toy tractors dating back to the late 1800s.

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

The remains of a bustling turn-of-the-century park built to showcase the wonders of electricity.

One of just a few cities in the world to base their center of government on an island. Others: Paris and Osaka.

While there are no actual snakes in the history of this crooked road, there may be a number of dead horses.

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

This long unused shot tower on the Mississippi remains a point of pride for a small city in Iowa.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

A warning to the weak-kneed: This narrow bridge does its swinging eight stories high.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

A Bibliophile's Dream.

A speakeasy takes on Chicago's drinking culture.

Four glass boxes hover over 1,000 feet in the air to give visitors an unparalleled view of Chicago.

This shop for all your super spy needs hides an educational secret.

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

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

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

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

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

A county library in rural Ohio houses one of the finest mineral collections in the world.

A small town museum celebrates the history of the Ohio county that produced Annie Oakley and other famous figures.

A medical facility that has been kept frozen in time.