Places callan726 Wants to Go

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

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

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

Where old school Polish Chicago and young hipster Chicago live side by side.

Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

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

This modest post office sits on the site of H.H. Holmes' famous murder castle.

Home to a protest movement, a bombing, and a dramatic change in labor history.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

Built to house a chapter of the Knights Templar, this grandiose building is a relic of Freemasonry in Chicago a century ago.

A hot dog stand where the heads are just as hot as the dogs.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat.

A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.

When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.