Vandalia, Illinois
The Kaskaskia Dragon
Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.
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Places on this traveler's wishlist.
Vandalia, Illinois
Buy a token from the liquor store and you can make this beast spew flames on command.
Chicago, Illinois
An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans’ graves.
Chicago, Illinois
A strange and haunting monument of unknown origin in the historic Graceland Cemetery.
Chicago, Illinois
This whimsical Oz-themed park had a wonderful impact on the surrounding neighborhood.
Chicago, Illinois
In a quiet north Chicago neighborhood rests a stunning relic of the golden age of earthenware design.
New Orleans, Louisiana
A snapshot of the city's fascinating voodoo culture.
Lakeland, Florida
A Florida college boasts the world's largest single-site collection of structures designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Kutztown, Pennsylvania
In which a local geological marvel becomes a quaint roadside attraction.
Wilmington, Delaware
Hundreds of antiquated typewriters and office machinery show the technological evolution of business.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Six tiny houses built for working class people form the largest intentional cluster of Wright homes anywhere.
Bartow, Florida
Given just one more year to live, Conrad Schuck built his dream house in Bartow, Florida.
Geneva, Illinois
A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
A Dutch passageway's artistic, aquatic-themed makeover pays tribute to the capital city's famed waterways.
Shirley, Illinois
Eclectic collection of rare and beautiful stones in a historic home.
Smithland, Kentucky
An enormous natural sandstone bridge in Kentucky.
New Harmony, Indiana
Part of a worldwide art project, this mysterious semicircle of concrete shapes holds the pieces of a larger story.
Ashmore, Illinois
This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."
Casey, Illinois
The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
Metropolis, Illinois
You have to love a museum with a truly dedicated focus. A focus on Superman, for example.
Arcola, Illinois
This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.
Cairo, Illinois
A once-booming Mississippi River town with a history of racial violence is now eerie and mostly abandoned.
Columbia, Missouri
This majestic tree has survived 400 years of storms, droughts, and floods, and is a beloved natural landmark in Missouri.
Camdenton, Missouri
European castle ruins in an American state park are actually the product of death and grief.
Olney, Illinois
The mysterious white squirrels of this Illinois city are treated like sacred cows.