Springfield, Illinois
Vachel Lindsay Home
The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.
Places I've been
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Springfield, Illinois
The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.
Belvidere, Illinois
A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.
Chicago, Illinois
A spectacular remnant of an Adler and Sullivan masterpiece that was destroyed in 1972.
Freeport, Illinois
The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.
Batavia, Illinois
World's second largest particle accelerator, where nature reveals its secrets.
Chicago, Illinois
The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.
Chicago, Illinois
A European-style bath house in Chicago.
Chicago, Illinois
This awkward aquarium sculpture is one of the strangest statues in Chicago.
Volo, Illinois
Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.
Chicago, Illinois
You can take a class, browse the library, or visit the lavish lair of an international men's humor society.
Geneva, Illinois
A replica viking ship from the Chicago World's Fair is still in dry dock in an Illinois park.
Chester, Illinois
The hometown of Popeye's creator is littered with a growing collection of granite cartoon characters.
New Orleans, Louisiana
The stone labyrinth in this New Orleans city park was laid to symbolize healing in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tulsa's historic skyscrapers define the oil boom era of Art Deco construction, and are known for their ornate arched lobbies.
Nashville, Tennessee
When Motown musicians came to Nashville in the 1960s they stayed at this historic record-pressing company because hotels wouldn't host them.
Nashville, Tennessee
This replica of the Greek structure is in the heart of Nashville.
Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville’s architectural icon was the symbol of the 1982 World’s Fair, even catching the googly eye of Bart Simpson.
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The mysterious wonder of an underground waterfall is illuminated by multicolored lights.
Sevierville, Tennessee
Wild lights and sound effects turn a walk through some caves into an eye-popping 1960s tourist attraction.
Central City, Kentucky
Home to a monument dedicated to the American Rock duo along with a collection of music memorabilia.
Paducah, Kentucky
A 22-foot stainless steel quilting needle pays tribute to a local connection to fiber arts.
Mayfield, Kentucky
Everyone and everything one man ever loved and lost, now stare into the East for all eternity.
Hermosa, South Dakota
Despite repeated attempts to make it work, this former mining town is now nothing but dust and memories.
Vermillion, South Dakota
Known as "The Hill of the Little Devils."