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Illinois Offbeat Attractions Map
RoadsideAmerica.com's map of Illinois's unusual tourist attractions, museums, and landmarks.
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 Quirky Tourist Attractions in or near IllinoisWhile in Illinois, you might enjoy a visit to: The life's work of Jim Hambrick, stuffed with over 20,000 items relating to the Superman saga, from the Man of Steel's first appearance in comic books. A funeral parlor with a sense of humor has a horror-themed mini-golf course in its basement. Statues of Popeye and his comic cohorts populate a town park, honoring the local artist who modeled his cartoon characters on Chester residents. In Griggsville, signs claim that Purple Martins eat 2,000 mosquitoes a day... and they live in luxury bird condo high-rises in town. Coincidence that purple martin houses are manufactured here? King Neptune, U.S. Navy mascot pig, raised over $19 million in war bonds during World War II "to help make a free world," according to his tombstone. The conceptual artistic legacy of the late Bob Moomaw, whose Hippie Memorial suggests that he liked the 1960s and disliked Ronald Reagan. Designed by Disney "imagineers" so there's not much to read, but lots of flashy effects and a "pose with the Lincolns" wax dummy photo op. Divinely inspired folk art wood sculptures -- and also totem poles and bears. |