Places mollyklam16 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.

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.

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

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

Cold War missile launch site which has been converted to a public park.

This overgrown Illinois water park offers a whole new type of adventure.

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

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

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

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

This national park dedicated to the tallgrass prairie ecosystem still displays its military past.

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.

An exhibit of items from the mental institution where Mary Todd Lincoln lived after her son conspired to have her committed.

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

This house renovated by Frank Lloyd Wright was the centerpiece of a lavish 20th-century estate.

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

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

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

A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

An underground wonderland in Iowa.

An amazing collection of scale model ships.

Cemetery featuring rare glass-fronted columbarium.