Illinois

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Image of Leaning Tower of Niles located in Illinois, US
Illinois, US

Leaning Tower of Niles

Half-sized replica of the Leaning Tower of Pisa built to honor Galileo

For those who have yet to make it to Pisa, Italy, the Leaning Tower of Niles, located in Niles, Illinois, provides a similar -- albeit scaled down -- experience of the famous Leaning Tower of... »

Strange Statues, Architectural Oddities | Edited by anhie

Image of Onan's Gold Pyramid House located in Illinois, US
Illinois, US

Onan's Gold Pyramid House

A six-story-tall golden pyramid, surrounded by a moat

The six-story-tall, 17,000-square-foot Gold Pyramid House in Wadsworth, Illinois has to be one of the most bizarre homes ever constructed. Its builders, Jim and Linda Onan explain in three nouns... »

Architectural Oddities, Follies and Grottoes, Outsider Architecture | Edited by Dylan, Josh and 3 others

Image of Airtight Bridge located in Illinois, US
Illinois, US

Airtight Bridge

The legacy of an unsolved, gruesome murder rests beneath the spans of this historic bridge.

By all obvious appearances it is a quiet, metal bridge over the modest Embarras River. Listed on the National Register of Historical places it is just the sort of peaceful, bucolic spot one might... »

Memento Mori, Disaster Areas | Edited by zenomott, littlebrumble and others

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