Fountain City, Wisconsin
The Rock in the House
This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.
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Fountain City, Wisconsin
This punny mirror of another Wisconsin attraction is exactly what it sounds like.
Middleton, Wisconsin
More than 5,000 contemporary and "historic" mustards from around the world.
Athens, Wisconsin
The center of the only hemisphere that awards visitors with a commemorative coin.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
This striking art museum holds an amazing series of curiosity cabinets.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Robots, lasers, and whoopee cushions, oh my!
Park Ridge, Illinois
Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.
Springfield, Illinois
The history of funerals and funerary customs.
Des Plaines, Illinois
Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.
Normal, Illinois
This abandoned 19th century orphanage started as a boarding school for children of Civil War veterans.
St. Charles, Illinois
A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.
Chicago, Illinois
The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.
Chicago, Illinois
A European-style bath house in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.
Chicago, Illinois
A Museum of Holography frozen in 1974.
Urbana, Illinois
The inconspicuous grave of the University of Illinois' first president is just steps from the main quadrangle.
South Elgin, Illinois
The final resting place of two unknown soldiers.
Bloomington, Illinois
A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.
Mattoon, Illinois
The final resting place of the hero of Air Florida Flight 90 known as "the man in the water."
Urbana, Illinois
Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.
Belvidere, Illinois
A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.
Evanston, Illinois
In the middle of Calvary Cemetery stands this singular memorial to a small boy who died too young.
Sheridan, Illinois
This church doubles a museum dedicated to Norwegian heritage.
Manteno, Illinois
Meant for a railway that was never built because of the Great Chicago Fire, these piers still stand nearly 150 years after they were installed.
Morton, Illinois
A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.