Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Illinois

While in Illinois, you might enjoy a visit to:

Presidents, biblical figures, celebrities, a Chamber of Horrors, and a figure of the owner in his youth, in full disco garb. If you're fortunate, the real owner will follow you around and tell you weird stories.
~13 miles from Columbia.

Landscaper Dan Schmidt turned the front yard of his suburban home into a year-round miniature world, with operating trains, waterfalls, and a mini-drive-in theater.
~19 miles from Columbia.

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

The view is breathtaking from the top of the seven-story-tall nuclear waste pile.
~33 miles from Columbia.

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