I recently took a trip to visit one of the coolest towns ever! Metropolis, IL. is a familiar town for a reason; It is the home of Superman.

Since Metropolis is just about 30 minutes from my town of Calvert City, KY and Superman's hometown, we hopped in the car and made a day of it.
Things to Do in Metropolis IL
While driving through the town, there are signs everywhere to be on the lookout for the oversized Superman. In fact, on every corner, you can find photo ops galore and a million places to shop.
Take lots of pictures with all the cutouts around town. It makes for a great memento.

Don't forget to visit the vintage toy shop that has all the coolest toys from every era. My daughter and my husband were in total superhero heaven in this Superman hometown.

The shopping in Metropolis is amazing. Metropolis is home to many locally owned shops and boutiques. While in Metropolis you will find ladies' boutiques, children's boutiques, high-end jewelry selections and so much more.
You can go to one of our many antique shops where you will step back in time to find collectibles from the past and even your favorite candies from yesteryear. Several Metropolis stores can personalize items just for you.

Be sure to visit the Metropolis IL Superman museum that is inside the souvenir shop. There was no photography allowed, so no pictures were taken.

There are lots of great artifacts from all the original Superman movies and one of our favorites was inside the actual souvenir shop. A telephone booth!

Once you get done looking in the store and taking selfies with all the cool wall art outside, you can head down the street for a couple of blocks.

There is a surprise down there! Lois Lane!

The History of Metropolis
The history of how the town came to be known as Superman's hometown is really interesting. On June 9, 1972, the Illinois House of Representatives officially proclaimed that Metropolis was the Hometown of Superman.
The following year the “Amazing World of Superman” museum opened in town. Metropolis had plans to build a thousand-acre, $50 million Superman theme park, with a 200-foot-tall statue. Cars would drive between Superman's legs to enter the park.
Then OPEC shut off the oil and the bankers shut down Metropolis's dream. After only a year, the Amazing World of Superman closed its doors forever.
The town took over a decade to recover. Very cautiously, Metropolis scraped together a thousand bucks in 1986 and put up a seven-foot fiberglass Superman in the town square. It quickly became a target for vandals who wanted to see if the Man of Steel was stronger than a speeding bullet. He wasn't, and once again Metropolis's efforts to celebrate their hero were thwarted.
In 1993, they took down the other statue and built a 12-foot-tall, two-ton, projectile-proof bronze Superman, funded (officially) with engraved bricks purchased by citizens for 35 bucks apiece.

That was a lot of bricks for a town of 7,200, considering that the new statue cost $120,000.
To find out more about Metropolis, IL — simply visit this link here and make plans to visit this super cool city!
Cynthia
Thursday 18th of August 2016
It's too bad that they had to take down the giant Superman. Would have loved entering the city driving between his legs, haha! This is definitely the place to be for Superman-fans!
Vyjay
Saturday 13th of August 2016
Loved this post, Superman is a personal favourite, still remember tying a towel as a cape and jumping from the bed as a kid in Superman style.