Places spierson82 Wants to Go

A place of great reverence for Trekkies everywhere, a hero's future birthplace.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

The hike through a narrow river flanked by the 2,000-foot-tall walls of Zion Canyon is one of the best in the world.

In Chicago, a pizza-enthusiast has opened a museum dedicated to the history of pizza.

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

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

This folk art wall claims to be the world's one and only memorial to the bygone age of hippies.

This life-size bronze statue remembers the tallest recorded human in his Illinois hometown.

Its eclectic exhibits range from the world’s first motorcycle to Luke Skywalker’s Land Speeder.

This urban drawbridge gained eternal pop culture fame when the Blues Brothers jumped it while it was raised.

A chance to follow in the footsteps of the word's most legendary animator.

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo.

The 40-year-old machine serves soda quicker than you can catch it for a mere 75 cents a pop.

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