Casey, Illinois
World Records of Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
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Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Springfield, Illinois
One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.
Vandalia, Illinois
Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.
Benton, Illinois
The famous Beatle secretly visited this Illinois town several times to visit his sister.
Alton, Illinois
This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.
Cuba, Missouri
The world's second largest rocking chair is found on Route 66 in Cuba... Missouri.
St. Louis, Missouri
This is not your typical jungle gym.
St. Louis, Missouri
An urban forest overtakes what was the greatest failure of utopic urban housing.
St. Louis, Missouri
Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.
St. Louis, Missouri
A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.
St. Louis, Missouri
The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.
St. Louis, Missouri
An abandoned factory along the Mississippi coated by a giant mural.
East St. Louis, Illinois
Man-made geyser that rises to the exact height of the Gateway Arch.
East St. Louis, Illinois
An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.
Collinsville, Illinois
Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Collinsville, Illinois
Quirky water tower advertises the long-gone Brooks Tomato Products Co.