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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Ashmore

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Ashmore, Illinois

Updated January 6, 2017

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The Barnes grave.

Ashmore, Illinois

St. Omer Cemetery Witch Grave

This grave in a ghost town cemetery marks the death of a witch on a day that never happened.
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Lincoln is visible from far away.

Ashmore, Illinois

World's Tallest Lincoln Statue

This abandoned Abraham Lincoln statue has also earned the honorary of "World's Ugliest."
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Charleston, Illinois

Airtight Bridge

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.
3 miles from Ashmore
Prairie Observatory May 2021.

Oakland, Illinois

Prairie Observatory

An abandoned observatory in the middle of the Illinois prairie.
11 miles from Ashmore

Casey, Illinois

World Records of Casey, Illinois

The world's largest collection of the world's largest objects is in one small Illinois town.
16 miles from Ashmore
The world's fastest pop machine.

Lerna, Illinois

World's Fastest Pop Machine

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

Paris, Illinois

'Embassy Row of the Parisian Diaspora'

One of the first historical sites of an alternative universe was installed in the town of Paris, Illinois—which is now home to an annual spelling bee of Kcymaerxthaereal words.
18 miles from Ashmore
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