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The lowest point in the state of Illinois, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers.

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

This simple gravestone remembers a pig who single-hoofedly raised $19,000,000 for the Navy.

Location of the Real World's disastrous, and protested, eleventh season.

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

The faint remains of a Polish news empire still linger.

Even with its slightly risible name this colossal cross is still able to inspire awe.

The original Garfield station is the oldest station facility on the "L", with the station house dating from 1892.

Huge abstract sculptures of the Puerto Rican Flag.

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

An Art Deco gem that held together the artistic heart of an agricultural community for 92 years.

This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.

Parking lot where a Chicago mayor was inaugurated under very sketchy circumstances.

The world's largest covered wagon is piloted by a giant Lincoln lawyer.

These chunky stone towers out in Lake Michigan are the key to Chicago’s drinking water.

Known as the "Cross At The Crossroads," this massive metal cross is just short enough to avoid the FAA.

The final resting place of up to 6,000 Confederate soldiers, the largest mass grave in the Western Hemisphere.

This monolithic statue was erected in honor of Chief Black Hawk (even if it wasn't made to look like him).

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

A 30-foot man on a penny-farthing bicycle rides along the banks of the Mississippi.

G.V. Black, the Father of Modern Dentistry, keeps an eternal eye on Chicagoan’s teeth from his perch in Lincoln Park.

Chicago was once a major hub of film production, but being silent film you don’t hear much about it.

Theater has had many different incarnations but has survived the ravages of time.

Once an ornate movie theater remade by Catholic Charities.