Illinois Attractions and Oddities

All the oddball Illinois places in RoadsideAmerica.com Visitor Tips, news, stories and field reports. Closed and extinct attractions may be found in Gone But Not Forgotten

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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
Ashmore: World's Largest Lincoln Statue
Atlanta: Free-standing Door of Atlanta, Illinois
Atlanta: J.H. Hawes Grain Elevator Museum
Atlanta: Muffler Man Holding Hot Dog
Atlanta: Smiley Face Water Tower
Aurora: Sidewalk Dinosaurs - Community Art Project
Belleville: National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows
Belvidere: 1967 Tornado Disaster Monument
Benton: Gallows That Hanged Charlie Birger
Benville: Robert Earl Hughes Grave - World's Heaviest Man
Bourbonnais: Childrens Memorial to Amtrak Crash
Breese: Cholera Cross
Buncombe: Yard Skull
Burbank: Frankenmufflerman
Calumet City: Smiley Face Water Towers
Canton: Painted Rock - High School Tradition
Carbondale: Dungeons & Dragons-Themed Park
Carbondale: Grave of King Tut the Dog
Cardiff: Cardiff Mine Disaster Monument
Carmi: Big John
Cave-In-Rock: Cave-In-Rock - River Pirates
Champaign: Giant Indian
Chatsworth: Horrible Train Wreck Happened Here
Cherry: Cherry Mine Disaster
Chester: Popeye Museum
Chester: Popeye and Friends Statues
Chicago: Alley Where John Dillinger Was Gunned Down
Chicago: Bob Newhart Statue
Chicago: Cigar Store Indian
Chicago: Crown Fountain - Spraying Faces
Chicago: Eastland Disaster Plaque
Chicago: Giant American Gothic statue
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: Metal Giraffe
Chicago: Monument to Jack Brickhouse, Famous Announcer
Chicago: Muffler Man - Mr. Bendo
Chicago: Museum of Holography
Chicago: Noble Horse Theatre presents "Quadrille"
Chicago: Not Your Mama's Bus Tour
Chicago: Prayer Booths at the Navy Pier
Chicago: Salt Stain Virgin Mary
Chicago: Site of the St Valentine's Day Massacre
Chicago: Superdawg Drive-In
Chicago: The Bean - Stoners' Delight
Chicago: The Ledge - 1353 Feet Straight Down
Chicago: The S--t Fountain
Chicago: Walk-Thru Heart and Sliced Human Bodies
Chicago: Weber Grill Restaurant - Giant grill
Chicago: Wolfy’s Vienna Beef Sausage
Cicero: Large Kielbasa Sandwich
Collinsville: World's Largest Catsup Bottle
Covell: Charles Lindbergh Crash Site #2
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 Marker
Dixon: Fake Berlin Wall
Dixon: Only Statue of Lincoln in Uniform
Dixon: Two Ronald Reagan Statues
Downers Grove: Big boy statue/Burger boy guy
Downers Grove: Large Wooden Woman
Downers Grove: Sears Catalog Home Capital of the World
East Peoria: Rooster in a Top Hat
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 Art Sculptures
Evergreen Park: Muffler Man - Bunyan
Fairbury: Bouncy Horse Gallop
Findlay: Goat Tower of Baaa
Forest Park: Memorial to Circus Train Wreck Dead
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
Gardner: Al Capone Hangout
Gays: Two-Story Outhouse
Golconda: San Damiano Jesus
Grafton: Fin Inn - Dine While Looking at Fish
Granite City: Another Robert Wadlow Giant Shoe
Gridley: Telephone Museum of Gridley
Griggsville: Purple Martin Capital of the Nation
Harvard: Harmilda the Cow, Milk Day Festival
Highland Park: Ferris Bueller Garage Scene Location
Highland Park: Shoe Tree
Hinsdale: Transparent Woman - Valeda
Hoopeston: Giant Corn Stalk
Hoopeston: Sweet Corn Capital, Festival, and world famous mascot "Jerky"
Hooppole: Rolle Bolle Rosary
Inverness: Al Capone's Silo Hideout
Jerseyville: Jersey Co. Victorian Festival - Civil War Duel
Joliet: Muffler Man - Left Field Louie
Justice: World's Largest Stained Glass Window
Kankakee: Dairy Queen Franchise #1
Kankakee: Giant Abe Lincoln
Kent: Blackhawk War Monument - Gravedigger Abe
Kewanee: Hog Capital of the World
Kewanee: Live Otters in a Bank
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
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: 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
Makanda: Art Garden
Makanda: Monument to Boomer, 3-Legged Hero Dog
Makanda: Smiley Face Water Tower
Marseilles: Southwest Asia Memorial Wall
Matanzas Beach: The Boat Lady
Mattoon: Rhoadside Custard - Cone-Shaped Stand.
Mattoon: The Burger King
Mattoon: World's Largest Bagel Parade
Melrose Park: Muffler Man
Metropolis: Big John - Grocery Clerk
Metropolis: Birdman of Alcatraz Grave
Metropolis: Fort Massac
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
Monroe: Kapotas Sculptures - Lils Acres
Moonshine - Martinsville: Moonshine, IL - Home of the Moonburger
Morris: "R" Place - One pound hamburgers
Mount Carroll: Raven's Grin Inn
Mount Pleasant: Grave Of King Neptune The Pig
Mt. Prospect: Blues Brothers Car
Mt. Vernon: Miniature Washington Monument Replica
Mt. Vernon: Road Sign Art
Mt. Vernon: Uniroyal Gal
Naperville: Ghost Tours of Naperville
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 Lawn: 30-ft Tall Cigar Store Indian
Odell: 1932 Standard Oil Filling Station on Route 66
Oglesby: Vietnam Era Huey Helicopter
Oglesby: Woody the Root Beer Man
Olney: Birthplace Of Solar Power
Olney: Home of the White Squirrels
Olney: White Squirrel Souvenirs
Oquawka: Grave Of 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: World's Largest Pot of Coffee
Plainfield: Tornado Victim Memorial
Pontiac: Pistol-Shaped Building
Pontiac: Route 66 Association of Illinois Hall of Fame and Museum
Port Byron: Tug Fest - East Side of Mississippi River Tug-of-war
Quincy: Tree Resembling Jesus Holding a Lamb
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
Rock Island: Atomic Cannon
Rock Island: Rex the Loyal Dog Grave
Rockford: "Gertrude" the Guernsey Cow
Rockford: Home of the Sock Monkey
Rockford: Rock Men
Rolling Meadows: Puppet Opera in Focus
Roscoe: Historic Auto Attractions
Roseville: Muffler Man - Starvin' Marvin
Salem: Pollard's Collection
Sandwich: Ladies Room Jail Cells
Schaumburg: Medieval Times
Shelbyville: Freedom Square
Shirley: Funk's Grove Maple Sirup
Springfield: 30-Foot-Tall Skinny Abe Lincoln Statue
Springfield: Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum
Springfield: Captured Leg of Santa Anna
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 Ledger
Springfield: Lincoln's Lucky Nose
Springfield: Muffler Man Mural
Springfield: Pearson Museum
Springfield: Pink Elephant
Springfield: Shea's Gas Station Museum
Springfield: UFO House
St. Charles: Al Capone's Hideaway and Steakhouse
St. Charles: Huge Wooden Colonial Guy
Staunton: Henry's Ra66it Ranch
Stewardson: Giant Bull
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
Union: Donley's Wild West Town
Utica: Tree Trunk-Carved Indian Head
Vandalia: Fire Breathing Steel Dragon
Vandalia: Gateway Arch Replica
Vandalia: Indian Teepees, Buffalo, Pumpkin
Vandalia: Madonna of the Trail
Vandalia: Playground Rocket Ship
Volo: Volo Auto Museum
Wadsworth: Golden Pyramid House
Watseka: Smiley Face Water Tower
Wedron: Charles Lindbergh Crash Site #1
Wenona: F-84F Thunderstreak
West City: Big John
Wheaton: Perry Mastadon Exhibit
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 Movie Town
Yale: Mug Tree
Zion: Russell Military Museum

Gone But Not Forgotten

Closed and extinct places to remember, even if it's just to milk them for one more chuckle...

Amboy: Chair Made of Trees
Bartlett: Muffler Man
Benton: Big John - Grocery Clerk - Moved
Benton: Hard Day's Nite B&B and Beatles Museum - Closed
Berwyn: Spindle - Cars on a Spike - Gone
Chicago: Al Capone Museum - Closed
Chicago: American Police Museum - Gone
Chicago: Johnson Wax Turtle - Vague Recollections
Chicago: Nation's First Multi-Level Parking Garage - Gone

Chicago: Paul Bunyan from the Museum of Science and Industry
Chicago: Ziggy, elephant with issues - In Storage
Gurnee: Big Onan Man with Garage - Gone
Peoria: Lady Rapunzel and Savior - Gone
Rockford: Time Museum - Closed
Springfield: Museum of Funeral Customs - Closed
Woodhull: Max Nordeen's Wheels Museum - Gone

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