Places leeann365 Wants to Go

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

Built in 1869, this now-retired structure looks more like a medieval fortress than a county lock-up.

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."

An unassuming store hides relics of its former life as the jazz club that hosted some of the best black performers of the 1920s and '30s.

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

The history of funerals and funerary customs.

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

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

This landmark of the Chicago silent film industry may not be in the picture business anymore but it still stands proudly.

This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

This Mediterranean castle was built for a millionaire and his giant dog.

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

You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.

An eccentric park and pool.

Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.

Medical museum focused on antique anesthesiology equipment.

Former bath house turns gastropub.

The palatial McDonald's that inspired Wesley Willis.

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

The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.

These mansions date back to Chicago's days as a brewer's paradise.

This small, but long-running hobby club has built one of the largest model rail lines in the US.