Places Annaml Wants to Go

Steel remnants of a bridge make up a unique sculpture along the banks of the Illinois River.

Tiny treasures, giant murals, and strange sculptures decorate the windows and doors of this abandoned building.

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

Once known as the Illinois Asylum for the Incurable Insane.

This graveyard is home to the so-called "Witch's Circle."

These Depression-era WPA sculptures have made a couple of stops over the years.

The world's third-largest scale model of the planets.

An ivy-covered arch bridge dedicated to Tejano music singer and legend Rosita Fernandez.

A seven-foot-tall cast concrete Native American Chief stands on the south railing of the historic Commerce Street Bridge, commissioned in 1914.

The oldest purpose built museum in Illinois, home to original Victorian taxidermy.

A former atom smasher turned into an art gallery.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

A board game enthusiast's love for the game, memorialized forever.

A roadside Statue of Liberty on the grounds of a manufacturing plant.

A cemetery where many of those buried had a flair for the dramatics.

A memorial to the Potawatomi chief who allegedly ran nearly 150 miles to alert settlers of an impending attack.

Indiana's greatest rare bookstore has a special shelf for Hoosier authors.

Discover a beautiful natural paradise, minutes away from a thriving city.

Indiana's oldest sternwheel paddleboat has been plying the placid waters of Webster Lake for 90 years.

Home to some of Indiana's last bison herds.

The Fun Farm weaves fairy tales, myths, and magic into a magnificent collection for visitors to explore.

An abandoned generator and motor factory has become a multi-use industrial campus.

The tunnel that runs beneath this former inn was once a hiding place for enslaved people seeking freedom.

A beautiful oddities shop crammed with strange and morbid curiosities.