Places heymarykate Wants to Go

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

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

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

The famous author's birthplace is preserved in a town that he once described as narrow-minded.

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.

The iconic Chicago sculpture hides a beautiful and easily overlooked plaque on the backside.

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

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

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

A small abandoned and abused cemetery that has become a magnet for ghost hunters.

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

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

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

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

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

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.