Places halfLight7 Wants to Go

In a grove of fast growing walnut trees outside Paris, Illinois, a marker shares the story of a fictional road building culture.

A one-armed veteran of the Battle of Waterloo lies in a cemetery for one in the middle of a Chicago scrapyard.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

People escaping slavery passed through the oldest house in Lombard, Illinois on their northbound journey to freedom.

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

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

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

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

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

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

Today this bizarre rooftop phone booth seems like a piece of kitsch but it was once used to spot disastrous storms.

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

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

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.

First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.

A sprawling outdoor museum filled with larger-than-life works of art.

This cheerfully-named branch of the Chicago River is the fetid result of years of blood, entrails, and meatpacking waste.

One of Chicago's last seafood smokehouses perfects a dying breed of fishcraft.

Once called the "Polish Gold Coast" it is an icon of the neighborhood that bears its same name.

An actual 1957 Cadillac De Ville, encased in 15 cubic yards of concrete.