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jen487

Full-time RVer travelling the country and exploring weird places. I blog about our adventures on roamingnelsons.com

https://roamingnelsons.com/

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Places visited in Geneva, Illinois

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Geneva, Illinois

Easy Chair Grave

This carved armchair marks the final resting place for two pals in the Chicago suburbs.

Cap0396

Added by Cap0396

Carbondale, Illinois

Jeremy Rochman Memorial Park

In the loving memory of a tragically deceased role-player this Illinois park is decked out with both dungeons and dragons.

Added by wolvercote66

Atlanta, Illinois

Paul Bunyon

While he no longer has an eatery to give him context, this off-brand Paul Bunyan still holds his giant hot dog with pride.

sarahwallick

Added by sarahwallick

Atlanta, Illinois

American Giants Museum

A small museum celebrating the fiberglass giants that are icons of America's highways.

Added by natshopstc

Bloomington, Illinois

Charles "Old Hoss" Radbourn's Grave

A giant wooden statue of one of the greatest pitchers in 19th-century baseball.

Added by captaindelaware

Livingston, Illinois

Pink Elephant Antique Mall

Oversized statues are just the tip of this nostalgic Americana roadside attraction.

ZBRAH

Heritage Village

Step back in time at this immersive historical village.

Added by colleencourtney c93b920e

Lincoln, Illinois

Lincoln Watermelon Monument

This colorful monument commemorates a little-known story from the life of Abraham Lincoln.

Added by chasesboni

Maquoketa, Iowa

Maquoketa Caves State Park

A wonderland of caves in eastern Iowa.

Added by 3008437

Plano, Illinois

The Farnsworth House

Tour the luxe "glass cage" that inspired and unnerved the architecture world upon its debut.

Deuce

Danese, West Virginia

Glade Creek Grist Mill

This functioning mill was built in the 1970s using parts from several other West Virginia mills.

TyJack

Added by TyJack

Willow Springs, Illinois

Red Gate Woods

The final resting place of the world's first nuclear reactor.

The Budget Savvy Travelers

Added by The Budget Savvy Travelers

Lemont, Illinois

Lincoln Park Nursery Ruins

This former nursery supplied plants for the creation of Chicago's largest park.

AFish

Belvidere, Illinois

Pettit Memorial Chapel

A small cemetery chapel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1906.

DeKalb, Illinois

The Egyptian Theatre

This architectural stunner is one of the few surviving Egyptian Revival theaters in the U.S.

Kerry Wolfe

Added by Kerry Wolfe

Kotor, Montenegro

Fortifications of Kotor

These historic defenses ensured the city within would survive hundreds of years of occupations, sieges, and invasions.

leiris

Added by leiris

Bluffton, Indiana

Ouabache State Park

Home to some of Indiana's last bison herds.

Added by lewdinih

Scales Mound, Illinois

Charles Mound

This family driveway also serves as the highest point in Illinois.

thomasharper

Added by thomasharper

Freeport, Illinois

Silver Creek and Stephenson Railroad

The only place in America where anyone who wants can shovel coal aboard an antique train.

arc459

Added by arc459

South Elgin, Illinois

Jon J. Duerr Forest Preserve Burial Site

The final resting place of two unknown soldiers.

Cap0396

Added by Cap0396

Freeport, Illinois

Little Cubs Field

A mini Wrigley Field for mini baseball players.

Added by Facebook1014361483

Joliet, Illinois

Joliet Correctional Center

A historic and oft-filmed prison stands in a Chicago suburb.

TravelGal

Added by TravelGal

Barrington, Illinois

Place de la Musique

With 8,000 pipes this giant instrument is the most versatile theatre pipe organ ever built.

Josh

Kewanee, Illinois

Woodland Palace

The dream home of an iconoclastic renaissance man still stands as a monument to his domestically mundane vision.

Henry County

Added by Henry County