Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near Illinois

While in Illinois, you might enjoy a visit to:

Jesus raises the dead, in groovy black light colors, in the Memorial Chapel of The Grotto of the Holy Mother -- one of many memorable shrines at a Carmelite monastery.
~36 miles from Kankakee.

"Home of the World's Best Gummies" offers tours (except in Nov-Dec and Mar-Apr). Scientific breakthrough: they developed a gummy that will not freeze.
~39 miles from Kankakee.

With their steaming tankards, coffee pot ladies gave the battle-bound GIs of World War II the fuel they needed to whomp the Axis.
~50 miles from Kankakee.

1980s-themed coffee shop the Worm Hole, with full-size "Back to the Future"-style DeLorean in the front window.
~56 miles from Kankakee.

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