Illinois Attractions and Oddities
All the oddball Illinois places in RoadsideAmerica.com Visitor Tips, news, stories and field reports.
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- Abingdon: Tallest Totem Pole East of the Rockies
- Alto Pass: Bald Knob Cross of Peace
- Alton: Legend of the Piasa Bird
- Alton: Robert Wadlow, World's Tallest Man
- Arcola: One and Only Hippie Memorial
- Arcola: Rockome Gardens
- Arenzville: Burgoo Center of the World
- Argonne: Site A/Plot M Atomic Marker
- Aroma Park: Smiley Face Water Tower
- Ashmore: World's Largest Lincoln Statue
- Atlanta: J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator Museum
- Atlanta: Mattingly Automotive: Official Route 66 Mechanic
- Atlanta: Muffler Man Holding Hot Dog
- Atlanta: Palm's Grille Cafe - Route 66
- Atlanta: Smiley Face Water Tower
- Aurora: Lifesize Mastodon Statue
- Aurora: Sidewalk Dinosaurs - Community Art Project
- Belleville: National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
- Belvidere: 1967 Tornado Disaster Monument
- Benton: Charlie Birger Gallows and George Harrison Artifacts
- Benville: Grave of Robert Earl Hughes, World's Heaviest Man
- Bourbonnais: Childrens Memorial to Amtrak Crash
- Breese: Cholera Cross
- Broadwell: Pig Hip Restaurant Memorial Rock
- Brookfield: Big Bull
- Buncombe: Yard Skull
- Burbank: Frankenmufflerman
- Cairo: Midwest Ghost Town
- Calumet City: Smiley Face Water Towers
- Canton: Painted Rock - High School Tradition
- Carbondale: Dungeons & Dragons - Castle Park
- Carbondale: Grave of King Tut the Dog
- Carbondale: The Bucky Dome
- Cardiff: Cardiff Mine Disaster Monument
- Carmi: Big John
- Carthage: Museum of Funeral Customs Exhibits
- Cave-In-Rock: Cave-In-Rock - River Pirates
- Champaign: Dallas and Co. - Curiosities, Skeleton, Hair Ball
- Champaign: Giant Indian
- Chatsworth: Horrible Train Wreck Happened Here
- Cherry: Cherry Mine Disaster Mass Grave
- Chester: Popeye Museum
- Chester: Popeye and Friends Statues
- Chester: Statue of Bluto
- Chicago Heights: Cow With a Chef's Hat
- Chicago: Alley Where John Dillinger Was Gunned Down
- Chicago: Begin Route 66 Sign
- Chicago: Billy Goat Tavern - Cheeseborger Cheeseborger
- Chicago: Bob Newhart Statue
- Chicago: Crown Fountain - Spraying Faces
- Chicago: Cube of 1 Million 1 Dollar Bills
- Chicago: Eastland Disaster Plaque
- Chicago: End Route 66 Sign
- Chicago: Eye Care Muffler Man Indian
- Chicago: Famous Rocks of the Tribune Tower
- Chicago: Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument
- Chicago: Giant Noodle
- Chicago: Giant Pizza Slices
- Chicago: Harry Caray Beer and Dead Goat Tributes
- Chicago: Hyde Park's Escaped Parakeets
- Chicago: International Museum of Surgical Sciences
- Chicago: Man-Eaters of Tsavo
- Chicago: Marilyn Monroe Statue
- Chicago: Metal Giraffe
- Chicago: Michael Jordan Statue
- Chicago: Monument to Jack Brickhouse, Famous Announcer
- Chicago: Muffler Man - Mr. Bendo
- Chicago: National Hellenic Museum
- Chicago: Noble Horse Theatre presents "Quadrille"
- Chicago: Not Your Mama's Bus Tour
- Chicago: Oldest Monument In Chicago
- Chicago: Prayer Booths at the Navy Pier
- Chicago: Puppet Bike
- Chicago: Salt Stain Virgin Mary
- Chicago: Sculpture of a Dirty Pile of Snow
- Chicago: Site of the St Valentine's Day Massacre
- Chicago: Sliced Human Bodies, Cow Eyeball Dissection
- Chicago: Statue of Death - Grim Reaper
- Chicago: Superdawg Drive-In
- Chicago: The Bean - Stoners' Delight
- Chicago: The Ledge - 1,353 Feet Straight Down
- Chicago: The S--t Fountain
- Chicago: Time Traveling Coffee Shop
- Chicago: U-505 German Submarine
- Chicago: Weber Grill Restaurant - Giant Grill
- Chicago: Wolfy's Vienna Beef Sausage
- Chicago: Woolly Mammoth: Curiosity Cabinet
- Cicero: Large Kielbasa Sandwich
- Collinsville: World's Largest Catsup Bottle
- Cornell: Shoe Fence
- Covell: Charles Lindbergh Crash Site #2
- Crainville: Flower Sculpture
- Crestwood: Missile in the Park
- Crystal Lake: Muffler Man - Bunyan
- Crystal Lake: Muffler Man - Bunyan #2
- Crystal Lake: Muffler Man - Indian
- Danville: Shoe Tree
- Darien: World's Largest Religious Wood Carving
- Des Plaines: Golf Road Trout Farm - Fisherman Statue
- Des Plaines: McDonald's Museum and Store No. 1
- Des Plaines: Meals Delivered by Train
- Des Plaines: Robert Wadlow Shoes
- Dewey: Walker Works
- Diamond: Diamond Mine Disaster Monument
- Dixon: Fake Berlin Wall
- Dixon: Horsey Ronald Reagan
- Dixon: Only Statue of Lincoln in Uniform
- Dixon: Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home
- Downers Grove: Big Boy Statue and Gas Station Replica
- Downers Grove: Large Wooden Woman
- Downers Grove: Sears Catalog Home Capital of the World
- Durand: Large Cow Holding a Steak
- East Peoria: Quonset Hut Church
- East Peoria: Rooster in a Top Hat
- Edwardsville: Only Genuine Pair of Robert Wadlow's Shoes
- Effingham: My Garage Museum
- Effingham: Restored 1910 Gas Station
- Effingham: World's Largest Cross
- Eldorado: Big John - Grocery Clerk
- Eldred: Stag Beer Grain Silo
- Elmwood Park: Large Radio Flyer Wagon
- Elwood: Ammo Plant Dead Statue
- Elwood: Mystery backyard dinosaur
- Essex: Jack Barker's Metal Menagerie
- Evergreen Park: Muffler Man - Bunyan
- Evergreen Park: Snackville Junction - Meals by Train
- Fairbury: Bouncy Horse Gallop
- Findlay: Goat Tower of Baaa
- Forest Park: Memorial to Circus Train Wreck Dead
- Frankfort: Huge Black and White Cow
- Freeport: Tower of Plates
- Fulton: Dutch Windmill
- Fulton: Fishing Dutchman
- Fulton: Heritage Canyon
- Galena: Junk Statues
- Galena: Mrs. Butterworth Statue of First Lady Julia Grant
- Galena: Ulysses S Grant Death Mask
- Galesburg: Big Blue Adirondack Chair
- Gardner: Two-Cell Jail - Shutterbugs Welcome
- Gays: Two-Story Outhouse
- Golconda: Lightning Rod Jesus
- Grafton: Fin Inn - Dine While Looking at Fish
- Gridley: Telephone Museum of Gridley
- Griggsville: Purple Martin Capital of the Nation
- Gurnee: Planes, Trains And Automobiles Motel
- Harvard: Harmilda the Cow, Milk Day Festival
- Highland Park: Ferris Bueller Garage Scene Location
- Highland Park: Shoe Tree
- Hillside: Al Capone's Grave
- Hinsdale: Transparent Woman - Valeda
- Hoopeston: Giant Corn Stalk
- Hoopeston: Sweet Corn Capital, Festival, and world famous mascot "Jerky"
- Hooppole: Rolle Bolle Rosary
- Hudson: Gas Station Memorabilia
- Inverness: Al Capone's Silo Hideout
- Jerseyville: Jersey Co. Victorian Festival - Civil War Duel
- Joliet: Blues Brothers statues
- Joliet: Old Joliet Prison Park
- Joliet: Site of World's First Dairy Queen
- Joliet: Statue of Liberty Replica
- Justice: World's Largest Stained Glass Window
- Kankakee: Dairy Queen Franchise #1
- Kankakee: Giant Abe Lincoln
- Kaskaskia: Liberty Bell of the West
- Kent: Blackhawk War Monument - Gravedigger Abe
- Lerna: Lincoln Log Cabin, But Not Abe Lincoln's
- Libertyville: Muffler Man and Bessie the Cow
- Liberty: Mystery Baby-Making Boulder
- Lincoln Park: Oz Park - "Wizard of Oz" Statues
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- Lincolnshire: Par-King Miniature Golf
- Lincolnwood: Novelty Golf and Bunny Hutch
- Lincoln: Lincoln Watermelon Monument
- Lincoln: Phone Booth on a Roof
- Lincoln: Proposed: Giant Lincoln Statue
- Lincoln: World's Largest Wagon And Big Lincoln
- Litchfield: Robert Wadlow's giant shoe - another one
- Livingston: Futuro, Beach Guy, Elephant, Twistee Treat
- Livingston: Muffler Man
- Lockport: Young Lincoln Landed Here
- Lombard: Weber Grill Restaurant - Giant Grill
- Lovington: Flag House
- Lynwood: Giant Man Made of Plastic Barrels
- Lyons: Explorers Marquette and Joliet in Steel
- Macon: Muffler Man - Soda Jerk
- Makanda: Art Garden
- Makanda: Buck Rogers-esque Water Tower
- Makanda: Monument to Boomer, 3-Legged Hero Dog
- Makanda: Smiley Face Water Tower
- Marseilles: Southwest Asia Memorial Wall
- Martinsville: Moonshine, IL - Home of the Moonburger
- Matanzas Beach: The Boat Lady
- Mattoon: Rhoadside Custard - Cone-Shaped Stand.
- Mattoon: The Burger King
- Mattoon: World's Largest Bagel Parade
- McClure: Pig Car, Alien Car, Jingle Jugs Truck
- Melrose Park: McD's Performing Moon - Mac Tonight
- Metropolis: Americana Hollywood Museum
- Metropolis: Big John - Grocery Clerk
- Metropolis: Birdman of Alcatraz Grave
- Metropolis: Fort Massac - Aaron Burr's Plots to Conquer Mexico
- Metropolis: Lois Lane in Bronze
- Metropolis: Super Museum
- Metropolis: Superman Statue
- Midlothian: Most Haunted U.S. Cemetery?
- Midlothian: Sonny Bono's Bobcat Vest
- Milford: Nazi Buzz Bomb
- Moline: Hotel Polar Bear
- Moline: Miracle Bridge Pillar Mary
- Morris: "R" Place - One pound hamburgers
- Mount Carroll: Raven's Grin Inn
- Mount Morris: Illinois Freedom Bell
- Mount Olive: Towering Grave of Mother Jones
- Mount Pleasant: Grave Of King Neptune The Pig
- Mount Vernon: Miniature Washington Monument Replica
- Mount Vernon: Road Sign Art
- Mount Vernon: Uniroyal Gal
- Naperville: Cat in the Hat Statue
- Naperville: Ghost Tours of Naperville
- Naperville: Green Eggs and Ham Statue
- Naperville: Statue of Dick Tracy
- Nashville: Tiny Church - The Traveler's Chapel
- Nauvoo: Carpet Viking HS Mascot
- Newark: Nine-Foot-Tall Guitar-Playing Elvis
- Niles: Leaning Tower of Niles
- Niles: Sit with Lincoln on a Couch
- North Chicago: 30-foot tall DNA strand
- Norway: Agricultural Crash Monument
- Norway: Viking Memorial
- Oak Forest: King Tin Man
- Oak Lawn: 30-ft Tall Cigar Store Indian
- Odell: 1932 Standard Oil Filling Station
- Oglesby: Woody the Root Beer Man
- Olney: Birthplace Of Solar Power
- Olney: Home of the White Squirrels
- Olney: White Squirrel Souvenirs
- Oquawka: Norma Jean, Elephant Killed By Lightning
- Oregon: Giant Indian Statue
- Ottawa: Shoe Tree
- Palatine: Miniature Golf in a Funeral Home
- Pekin: Ice Cream Cone with Eyeballs
- Peoria Heights: Tower with Large Woodpecker
- Peoria: Mini St. Louis Gateway Arch
- Peoria: Scale Model of the Solar System
- Peoria: Uniroyal Gal
- Peoria: Wheels O' Time Museum
- Peru: Sapp Bros. Pot of Coffee Sign
- Peru: Star Trek Vulcan Hand
- Plainfield: Tornado Victim Memorial
- Plano: Plano's 4,000 lb. Bomb
- Pontiac: Illinois Route 66 Hall of Fame and Museum
- Pontiac: Pistol-Shaped Building
- Port Byron: Tug Fest - East Side of Mississippi River Tug-of-war
- Princeton: Underground Railroad - Hidey-Hole
- Quincy: Tree Resembling Jesus Holding a Lamb
- Rantoul: Hardy's Reindeer Ranch
- Rantoul: Octave Chanute Air Museum
- Rantoul: Smiley Face Water Tower
- Rend Lake: Golf Ball and Tee Water Tower
- River Grove: Hala-Kahiki Tiki Bar
- Rochelle: Railroad Intersection, Hobo Fire Pit
- Rochelle: Vince the Pizza Guy
- Rock Island: Atomic Cannon
- Rock Island: Atomic Cannon
- Rock Island: Big Blackhawk Indian Metal Sign
- Rock Island: Have a Happy Day Bridge
- Rock Island: Rex the Loyal Grave Dog
- Rock Island: Shark Statue
- Rockford: "Gertrude" the Guernsey Cow
- Rockford: Home of the Sock Monkey
- Rockford: Rock Men
- Rockford: Warshawsky Cartoon Muffler
- Rolling Meadows: Puppet Opera in Focus
- Roscoe: Historic Auto Attractions
- Rosemont: Rose Water Tower
- Salem: Pollard's Collection
- Sandwich: Ladies Room Jail Cells
- Schaumburg: Medieval Times
- Seneca: LST Memorial
- Shelbyville: Best Man Mobile Wedding Chapel
- Shelbyville: Freedom Square
- Shirley: Funk's Grove Maple Sirup
- Springfield: 30-Foot-Tall Skinny Abe Lincoln Statue
- Springfield: Abe Lincoln Totem Pole
- Springfield: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
- Springfield: Captured Leg of Santa Anna
- Springfield: Car Bumper Deer
- Springfield: Carpet Spartan HS Mascot
- Springfield: Cozy Dog Drive In - Birthplace of Hot Dog on a Stick
- Springfield: Defiant Tomb Of Mr. Accordion
- Springfield: Departure Point Of The Donner Party
- Springfield: Lauterbach Tire Muffler Man
- Springfield: Lincoln Funeral Train Monument
- Springfield: Lincoln Ledger
- Springfield: Lincoln's Tomb and Lucky Nose
- Springfield: Muffler Man Mural
- Springfield: Pearson Museum
- Springfield: Pink Elephant
- Springfield: Shea's Gas Station Museum
- St. Charles: Al Capone's Hideaway and Steakhouse
- St. Charles: Huge Wooden Colonial Guy
- St. Elmo: Indian Teepees, Buffalo, Big Pumpkin
- Staunton: Henry's Ra66it Ranch
- Stewardson: Giant Bull
- Streator: Hometown of Pluto Discoverer
- Streator: Statue of the Coffee Pot Lady
- Sullivan: Haunted Gravestone
- Tampico: Birthplace of Ronald Reagan
- Taylorville: Abe Lincoln and Pig Statue
- Taylorville: Monument to Kay the Elephant
- Taylorville: Witch's Chair
- Troy Grove: Birthplace of Wild Bill Hickok
- Union: Donley's Wild West Town
- Utica: Tree Trunk-Carved Indian Head
- Vandalia: Gateway Arch Replica
- Vandalia: Kaskaskia Dragon
- Vandalia: Madonna of the Trail
- Vandalia: Playground Rocket Ship
- Volo: Volo Auto Museum
- Wadsworth: Gold Pyramid House
- Wapella: 1955 Ford in Barn Roof
- Watseka: Smiley Face Water Tower
- Waukegan: Big Onan Man with Garage
- Wedron: Charles Lindbergh Crash Site #1
- Wenona: F-84F Thunderstreak
- Wheaton: Perry Mastodon Exhibit
- Wheeling: SuperDawg II with Extra-Large SuperDawgs
- Williamsville: Hilarious Route 66 Gas Station
- Wilmette: Bahai House of Worship
- Wilmington: Gemini Giant - Space Age Muffler Man
- Wilmington: Patriotic Metal Figures
- Woodlawn: Elvis Museum
- Woodstock: Groundhog Day B&B
- Woodstock: Groundhog Day Movie Town
- Woodstock: Shoe Tree
- Yale: Mug Tree
- Zion: Russell Military Museum
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