Places mtnchick Wants to Go

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

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

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

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

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

In the Shawnee National Forest, amazing rock formations peer through the treeline.

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

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

This $3 million model train takes you through Chicago, Seattle, and the thousands of miles in between.

This unauthorized stone mermaid was secretly carved out of public stone before being permanently preserved.

A century-old hotspot for jazz, frequented by everyone from Charlie Chaplin to Al Capone.

This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.

Near the state border, cars seem to defy the laws of physics by rolling uphill.

This heritage museum highlights the importance of the dairy cow as a vital part of rural Maryland's past, present, and future.

This three-story Victorian mansion is now home to the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Training Center headquarters.

An amazing example of Federal-period architecture, truly unique to this region of the state.

Dating to 1793, this is the oldest building in Poolesville.

Once damaged by Hurricane Agnes, this bridge is now on the National Register of Historic Places.

This statue honors the author's groundbreaking family story.