Monticello, Illinois
Robert Allerton Park
The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.
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Monticello, Illinois
The park that the Chicago Stockyards built.
Arcola, Illinois
You were once able to challenge a chicken to tic-tac-toe at this park, which is now converted into the Aikman Wildlife Adventure.
Elsah, Illinois
First known as the "Sample House," this construction mash-up was meant to be a living catalogue of building styles.
Fairmont City, Illinois
Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.
Gays, Illinois
This historic lavatory leftover features two levels of defecation stations completely without context.
Gardner, Illinois
This tiny historic jail along Route 66 is the perfect fit for exactly one criminal and their partner-in-crime.
Greenville, Illinois
Spanking machines, fake goats, and more devices of humiliation are on display in this museum of fraternal initiation devices.
Springfield, Illinois
When you visit his grave, be sure to rub the Great Emancipator's nose for good luck.
Makanda, Illinois
This odd stone memorial remembers a loyal dog who offended the rail barons with his speed and saved his master with his pee.
Plano, Illinois
Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.
Alto Pass, Illinois
Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.