Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Illinois

While in Illinois, you might enjoy a visit to:

Haunted beer baron home offers limited tours, a restaurant, a murder mystery theater, and a bed and breakfast.
~13 miles from Fairview Heights.

Exhibits change in this intentionally wacky place, but the World's Largest Pair of Men's Underpants appears to be permanent, along with the World's Largest Pencil and a rooftop complex of climbable junk.
~12 miles from Fairview Heights.

Birthplace of the original Bigfoot, where the monster truck phenomenon began. Monster trucks displayed.
~24 miles from Fairview Heights.

Two large sculptures of insects stand outside the Missouri Botanical Garden Butterfly House.
~31 miles from Fairview Heights.

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