Places ericcuebas Wants to Go

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

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

Where a brain, a beauty, a jock, a rebel, and a recluse met one Saturday and changed their lives forever.

Just outside Chicago, one of the few traditional Mongolian restaurants in the U.S. serves a misunderstood cuisine.

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

This old steel industry company town has a tradition of parking cars on the sidewalk so people can walk in the narrow streets.

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.

Even with only two residents and one building, this tiny Illinois town is famous for its burgers.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

A 30-foot-tall goat tower in central Illinois is home to a herd of Swiss ungulates.

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

This cemetery is all that remains of a school for "wayward" girls.

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

This carved armchair marks the final resting place for two pals in the Chicago suburbs.

This horror movie and monster shop is like if a haunted house was a retail store.

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

The face of a woman pushes its way through the earth.

This sprawling mini-golf empire is an impressive testament to a disappearing attraction.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

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

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.