This Illinois Landmark Inspired One of America’s Greatest WritersFrom the Bean in Chicago to the museums in both Chicago and Springfield—and everything in between, Illinois is packed with iconic places for visitors to explore and learn from. However, according to Love Exploring, the most inspirational landmark in the state is none other than the birthplace of Ernest Hemingway. Today, it has been transformed into a museum (similar to Mark Twain’s childhood home in Hannibal), giving visitors the chance to see where Hemingway’s story began. LOOK: Which movies were filmed in Illinois? Stacker compiled a list of movies filmed in Illinois using data from Movie Locations , with additional information about each film collected from IMDb Gallery Credit: Stacker