US EditionHow Did You Park There? – This Is How Volvo Island Was Born
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On Google Maps, you can fall on a tiny stone in the middle of a lake in Illinois. It has a name that makes you smile: Volvo Island. At the top, a silver sedan has been parked, imperturbable, since 2012. An image that you look at twice, just to be sure. The island is near Ottawa, in the county of LaSalle, in Rutland Township. On Maps, it is classified as "tourist attraction". Street View images show the car for years, and the record cumulates hun…
One of the most unique car attractions is located in the US state of Illinois. It is the so-called Volvo Island, which is an artificially created land surrounded by water in a flooded mine. What makes it special is that the only inhabitant of the island is a 2001 Volvo S80 sedan, which has dominated the area since 2012 and has now become a real tourist magnet.
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