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

Moving, mind-blowing metal sculpture work of an outsider artist.

A onetime gangsters' hideaway where you can dine on steaks, fine wines, and cigars just like they once did.

An abandoned meat mecca now serves as an excellent locale for urban exploration.

Taxidermy, Cigar Store Indians, A Model of a New York Tenement and Delicious Draft Root Beer.

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

Fragments of a massive unfinished sculpture sit near the main quad of the University of Illinois.

Burial mounds of prehistoric Native Americans who lived along the DuPage River.

These Depression-era WPA sculptures have made a couple of stops over the years.

The empty tomb that houses the memories of Roy Bertelli's revenge.

The poet’s boyhood home is now dedicated to celebrating his life and legacy.

The remnants of Peoria's proud baseball past stand slightly abandoned, but not forgotten.

Lined with plaques and tributes to veterans, this patriotic street was founded by Mexican immigrants.

This lush 12-acre site was once named the finest Japanese garden in North America.

The oldest experimental corn field in America is still creating better ways to grow crops.

A source of civic pride, though the reason for its construction is unknown.

This small-town park in southern Illinois has a 1,000,000-gallon swimming pool and a 100,000-barrel oil well.

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

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

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

Grand opera on a miniature scale.

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

The study has wall paneling from a 17th century ship.

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.