come on feel the illinoise

by oddeyecircle

24 Places

Batavia, Illinois

Fabyan Windmill

Arguably the best example of an authentic Dutch windmill in the United States, rivaling its counterparts in the Netherlands.

Collin

Added by Collin

Lombard, Illinois

Lilacia Park

This botanical garden outside Chicago boasts an array of more than 300 varieties of lilacs.

LaurynSmith11

Added by LaurynSmith11

Joliet, Illinois

Joliet Iron and Steel Works (Joliet Iron Works Park)

What was once the second largest steel mill in the US is now a sprawling complex of modern ruins.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Cave-In-Rock, Illinois

Cave-In-Rock

River pirates, murderous bandits, and serial killers used this Illinois cave as their debauched hideout.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Bartlett, Illinois

BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Sanstha Mandir Chicago

This elaborate Hindu temple is located in a Chicago suburb, but looks like it was transported directly from India.

Added by michele

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Municipal Tuberculosis Sanitarium

Chicago's North Park Village was once the largest municipal sanatorium in the country.

SamwiseCr

Added by SamwiseCr

Mount Carroll, Illinois

Raven's Grin Inn

Former hotel turned into haunted playground.

Added by dirtycricket

Chicago, Illinois

Merz Apothecary

An antiquated German apothecary on Chicago's North Side.

Rebekah Otto

Added by Rebekah Otto

Chicago, Illinois

Graceland Cemetery

An enormous park-like oasis, full of famous Chicagoans' graves.

Added by dorkas

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.

Added by TaunyaD

Palatine, Illinois

Ahlgrim Acres

Take a break from all the boring business of death at this funeral home mini-golf course.

Added by ssantowski5881

Oak Brook, Illinois

Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art

Museum dedicated to the art of cutting and polishing stones.

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Lake Forest, Illinois

Villa Turicum

The remains of a Rockefeller's lush Italianate estate hidden in the underbrush on the coast of Lake Michigan.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Chicago, Illinois

Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

Nonprofit art center that promotes outsider, intuitive, and self-taught art.

Added by xsegax

Chicago, Illinois

Zion Evangelical Lutheran 'Ghost Church'

One-of-a-kind preserved ruins of an abandoned 1880s church in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood.

Patti Swanson

Added by Patti Swanson

Staunton, Illinois

Henry's Rabbit Ranch

This lagomorph-obsessed Route 66 emporium is home to a giant jackrabbit that sits in a bunny graveyard.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Collinsville, Illinois

Illinois Woodhenge

Fresh wooden posts have been added to ancient holes to recreate a primitive henge clock.

EricGrundhauser

Added by EricGrundhauser

Geneva, Illinois

Sacred Heart Seminary Shrine

A hidden grotto on the grounds of the Kane County Government Center.

erinndoran

Added by erinndoran

Livingston, Illinois

Pink Elephant Antique Mall

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

ZBRAH

Chicago, Illinois

International Museum of Surgical Science

A monument to the art of slicing people open.

Added by mbison

Chicago, Illinois

Pullman Historic District

First planned industrial community in the United States.

Added by oksanam

Vernon Hills, Illinois

Cuneo Mansion

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

Added by jen487

Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Mosaic School

Assemble a masterpiece at the first and only North American school exclusively dedicated to mosaic art.

Added by Rachel Gould

Chicago, Illinois

Dusty Groove

Internationally known record store and purveyor of "dusties."

Added by lizzieboyle