Places BryanKnight Wants to Go

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

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

Dozens of large steel sculptures fill this two-acre park outside a former blacksmith's studio.

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

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

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

Now nearly abandoned, Kaskaskia was once the capital of Illinois and one of the most important towns on the upper Mississippi.

The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

The final resting place of the hero of Air Florida Flight 90 known as "the man in the water."

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.

Twice a year, this road is closed off to allow for the migration of thousands of snakes, reptiles and amphibians between cliffs and a swamp.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

Though it's thrived abroad, this forgotten Dunkin' rival has just one store left in the States.

This Maryland farm is known for its amazing corn mazes and its 30-foot junkbots.

This abandoned Victorian-style house was built in 1884.

The final resting place of a physician rescued during the bombardment of Fort McHenry.

Slated for demolition, this house was relocated piece by piece.

Once used by British troops to gather water prior to the Battle of Bladensburg.