Illinois
Find Illinois travel tips, stories, maps, videos and news for unusual tourist attractions and sights.
Featured Attractions
Popeye and Friends
Chester, Illinois
Hometown of cartoonist immortalizes Popeye's ragtag entourage with statues around town.
Super Museum in Superman's Hometown
Metropolis, Illinois
The Super Museum, life's work of Jim Hambrick, is stuffed with over 20,000 items relating to the Superman saga, from his first appearance in comic books.
Henry's Ra66it Ranch
Staunton, Illinois
Route 66, a replica old-time gas station, a nod to Cadillac Ranch in Texas. Did we mention the live bunnies?
Kaskaskia Dragon
Vandalia, Illinois
Spend your dragon coins wisely at this fire-breathing beast contraption.
Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum
Pontiac, Illinois
Exhibits on the memorable attractions, businesses and the colorful characters of the Mother Road, including Bob Waldmire's Road Yacht.
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
Springfield, Illinois
An imagineered immersion in the life of the 16th President.
Historic Auto Attractions
Roscoe, Illinois
History, via 20th century pop culture and you-are-almost-there artifacts. The way we like it!
Captured Leg of Santa Anna
Springfield, Illinois
The Alamo's revenge, snatched from the Mexican general.
Robert Wadlow, World's Tallest Man
Alton, Illinois
Exhibits and statue at the birthplace of the World's Tallest Man, Robert Wadlow.
World's Largest Catsup Bottle
Collinsville, Illinois
Water tower painted to resemble a bottle of Brooks Tangy Catsup.
Trunkations
Is My Museum Lying To Me?
Springfield - The Chicago Sun-Times has published a muckraking report suggesting that the Lincoln stovepipe hat currently displayed in the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois, may not be Abe's at all. Full story
Videos from the Road
Road trip clips, owner rants, art and junk in Illinois Videos.
Offbeat Landmarks and Oddities
Choice field reports and tips. Also see: Complete list of Illinois attractions.
- Alton: The Piasa Bird
- Alton: Robert Wadlow: World's Largest Man
- Ana: King Neptune the Pig grave
- Arcola: One and Only Hippie Memorial
- Atlanta: Smiley Face Water Tower
- Bourbonnais: Children's Memorial
- Calumet City: Smiley Face Water Towers
- Carbondale: King Tut the Dog
- Charleston: World's Biggest Lincoln Statue
- Chatsworth: Train Wreck Marker
- Chester: Popeye statue
- Chicago: Brickhouse Announcer Monument
- Chicago: Museum of Surgical Sciences [tips]
- Collinsville: World's Largest Catsup Bottle
- Covell: Lindbergh Crash Site
- Des Plaines: McDonald's Museum
- Effingham: World's Largest Cross
- Elwood: Ammo Plant Dead Statue
- Essex: Jack Barker's Metal Menagerie
- Forest Park: Circus Performers Mass Grave
- Gays: 2-Story Outhouse
- Griggsville: Purple Martin Capital of the Nation
- Harvard: Harmilda the Cow
- Libertyville: Lamb's Farm
- Lincoln: Watermelon Monument
- Makanda: Boomer
- Metropolis: Big John [tips]
- Metropolis: Birdman of Alcatraz Grave [tips]
- Metropolis: Superman's Hometown | Super Museum
- Monroe Center: Kapotas Sculptures [tips]
- Mount Carroll: Haunted Raven's Grin Inn [tip]
- Niles: The Leaning Tower
- Norway: Agricultural Crash Monument
- Oak Lawn: Indian [tips]
- Olney: White Squirrel Capital of the World
- Oquawka: Norma Jean the Elephant
- Palatine: Miniature Golf in a Funeral Home
- Plainfield: Tornado Memorial
- Peoria: Uniroyal Gal
- Peoria: Wheels of Time Museum [tips]
- Peoria: Giant Solar System Model
- Pontiac: Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum
- Rock Island: Rex, faithful dog [tips]
- Roscoe: Historic Auto Attractions
- Salem: Pollard's Collection
- Schaumburg: Medieval Times
- Shelbyville: Freedom Square
- Springfield: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
- Springfield: Captured Leg of Santa Anna
- Springfield: Defiant Tomb of Mr. Accordion
- Springfield: Lincoln's Lucky Nose, [Statue Rubbing]
- Springfield: Skinny Young Lincoln statue
- St. Charles: Al Capone-abilia [tips]
- Streator: Coffee Pot Lady Statue
- Taylorville: Kay the Elephant
- Vandalia: Kaskaskia Dragon
- Volo: Volo Auto Museum [news]
- Wadsworth: Gold Pyramid House
- Watseka: Smiley Face Water Tower [tips]
- Wedron: Lindbergh Crash Site
- Wilmington: Gemini Giant [tips]
- Woodstock: Groundhog Day Movie Town [tips]
