Places mtnchick Wants to Go

The remains of the iconic train crash from the movie 'The Fugitive' can still be found rusting along the Great Smoky Railroad.

Who needs fancy modern water slides when this giant North Carolina rock works just as well?

Where monkeys run wild and the humans are caged.

A mysterious castle built as a monument to lost love.

A rare cliffside vantage point of Lake Michigan with an explosive history.

The Rhubarb capital of Illinois has made their title official with this 10 foot tall statue.

One of the last remaining French Colonial style churches, this centuries-old building was constructed using upright logs and no nails.

The oldest functioning restaurant in the state of Illinois, operating since 1847.

A natural sandstone bridge nestled within a mature forest in southern Illinois.

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

One of the finest examples of a black soil prairie that was barely saved by the Great Depression.

Walk along the intricate path of this stone labyrinth and gardens.

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

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

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

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

It was originally part of a "terrible lizards" collection at the 1964 New York World’s Fair.

The carved remains of a 200-year-old oak tree memorialize the namesake of the iconic "Wizard of Oz" character.

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.

This deceivingly ordinary warehouse hides an enormous collection of pop culture treasures.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.