Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

One of the most powerful computers in the world can be visited by anyone who wants to experience more computing than they can handle.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.

The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

The house is an iconic pilgrimage site for fans of the Illinois-based emo band.

The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.

A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.

This baseball diamond was home to the Rockford Peaches, a team featured in the hit film "A League of Their Own."

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

One of two identical monuments marking the sites of military training encampments in Peoria, Illinois.

The remnants of Peoria's proud baseball past stand slightly abandoned, but not forgotten.

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

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

A massive bur oak tree believed to be some 500 years old is the centerpiece of this quiet urban greenspace.

A collection of 11 million buttons illustrates the human toll of the Holocaust.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

This historic Illinois "Muffler Man" has been converted from axe-touting lumberjack to rocket-wielding space ace.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.