Berkeley Springs State Park boasts the nation's only monument commemorating presidential bathing.

Despite its name, this fast food museum is actually a replica of the ninth McDonald's store.

Hidden on the seventh floor of a historic building, this Cajun spot features wall-to-wall bottles of hot sauce.

Pizza with a side of fine art.

A display of magnificent stained glass windows is the first exhibit of its kind.

In Chicago, an empty relic of a time when neighborhood zoos were more common.

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

The oldest purpose built museum in Illinois, home to original Victorian taxidermy.

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.

The oldest functioning restaurant in the state of Illinois, operating since 1847.

This small-town opera house has appeared much more in national culture and history than its charming setting might suggest.

This unassuming city park is home to three different types of Native American mounds.

See where Bill Murray kidnapped a hapless Punxsutawney Phil.

This historic store hides a museum exhibiting a shoe-sizing x-ray machine and a pair of kicks that once belonged to the world's tallest man.

The oldest house in Galena, Illinois, now is a reminder of when this city was the world's lead mining capital.

Chicago’s last original drive-in restaurant is a family-run hot dog joint that started in 1948.

A tribute to one granddaughter's old apartment which now represents the whims of each visitor.

A wondrously macabre treasury of obscure antiques and unusual oddities.

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

At the largest railway museum in the United States, you can see everything from an early steam engine to a functioning Thomas the Tank Engine.

A mythical bird etched into the face of a rock doubles as the mascot for a nearby school.

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

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

The original vault that held the president's remains still stands, empty, not far from where he was finally buried.