Places Nimrochill Wants to Go

The large rock formation where the Shawnee prophet Tenskwatawa stood and encouraged his warriors during the Battle of Tippecanoe.

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

Tombstones carved to look like tree trunks are used for multiple generations of family members.

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

Historians and hobbyists head to this former French outpost for the annual Feast of the Hunters' Moon.

Both funky and traditional, it's the oldest of its kind in Indiana.

The first spinning jail built in the United States is the only one that still turns.

A Depression-era sculpture by Charles Umlauf survives in a small suburban post office.

Lions and tigers and leopards, servals, pumas, bobcats, lynxes, and ocelots... oh my!

Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.

Enjoy classic musicals with a home-cooked meal at this former staple of American social life.

One of the largest carillons in the world, this giant instrument has 67 cast-iron bells played by a keyboard.

Abraham Lincoln's likeness rests at the top of this giant totem pole.

The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.

The modern museum honors the achievements of the state's all-star athletes.

Modeled after the labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral, this small-town Indiana memorial labyrinth sits half a world away.

In an alley not far from where two great highways meet, byways of a very different sort are honored.

A wartime promise becomes a shrine to Our Lady of Lourdes.

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 small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

This gravestone and its inscription inspired a movement that has spanned generations and saved countless lives.