Crown Point has mixed feelings about John Dillinger, the infamous robber who embarrassed local officials by escaping from the "inescapable" Lake County Jail.

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Some think his dastardly deeds should stay in the past, while others wouldn't mind putting Dillinger artifacts on display.

Other cities have connections to notorious gangsters and are making sure people know about it.

In 1967, Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway portrayed Bonnie and Clyde, a duo that was wanted by the FBI in numerous murders and bank robberies. Just outside of Grapevine, Texas, the two reportedly killed two highway patrolmen before the men had a chance to pull their guns.

Today, the Grapevine Convention and Visitors Bureau Web site mentions Bonnie and Clyde on its Things to Do page. The page mentions the two hid out behind what is now a Hilton hotel and the memorial that marks the spot where the two patrolmen were killed.

Chicago is no stranger to organized crime, and its residents take advantage of it. The Web site of Chicago Pizza and Oven Grinder Co. describes the history of its building, including that it's rumored people hid there during the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in 1924. According to the FBI, seven members of the "Bugs" gang were gunned down; the killings are generally thought to be the work of the Al Capone mob.

And in the Civil War era, outlaws like Jesse James were immortalized in newspapers and even dime-store novels.

In his birthplace of Kearney, Mo., residents celebrate the Jesse James Festival each September. The man who was perhaps the most notorious criminal in the Wild West has had countless songs, books, television shows and movies written about him.