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

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

One of the most powerful computers in the world can be visited by anyone who wants to experience more computing than they can handle.

A strange rock in Chicago marks the spot where a tree once stood in honor of the 18th President.

The oldest house in Chicago certainly doesn't look the part and there are some who say it doesn't deserve its title either.

This memorial plaque remembers a strangely shallow maritime disaster known as "Chicago's Titanic."

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

This historic-shipwreck-cum-diving-spot can still be seen poking its boiler out of the Lake Michigan waters that claimed it.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.

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

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

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

A river with some unusual, and occasionally dangerous, habits.

The site of the first couple's first kiss is commemorated by the most adorable presidential monument ever.

Recognized the world over as the home of the McCallisters in the 1990 movie "Home Alone."

Chicago's museum dedicated to the history of bondage and fetishism is more textbook than titillation.

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

What was once one of the country's largest confectionary plants is now an abandoned ruin, but is still pretty sweet.

Former meatpacking facility turned vertical farm and sustainable business complex.

These pretty kitties killed and ate as many as 135 railway workers.

A hollow cement depiction of time's inexorable effect on the human body.