Bicentennial bucket list: People’s Choice

Dare to try the deep-fried treats at the Turkey Testicle Festival, which takes place under a tent outside Parkside Pub in Huntley. (Jim Prisching/Chicago Tribune 2005)

Chicago Tribune

Nov. 16, 2018 2:54 PM PT

Take a look at what readers said should have made the cut for the Tribune’s bicentennial bucket list: 200 things to do in Illinois.

The Driehaus Museum is housed in the 19th-century Nickerson Mansion, built for wealthy banker Samuel Mayo Nickerson at the height of the country’s Gilded Age. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune 2008)

Armloads of fried chicken are served to hungry diners at Rip’s Tavern in Ladd.

(Michael Tercha/Chicago Tribune 2012)

Diosdado “Dodie” Mondero painted the “Pillars of the Community” mural in 2001 at Chicago Avenue and Main Street. It’s part of Naperville’s Century Walk, a collection of public art spread throughout the suburb. (Chuck Berman/Chicago Tribune 2010)

The defense table where Abraham Lincoln sat during trials is still in the Metamora Courthouse, which is now a museum. (Josh Noel/Chicago Tribune 2009)