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Chicago Northern Western Central Southern/ Outside Illinois


 

Parks


Barkhausen Wetland Center

Blackberry Farm's Pioneer Village - [Video Clip]

Cahokia Mounds

Cedarhurst Sculpture Park - [Video Clip]

Chicago Athenaeum's International Sculpture Park

Fishing for Muskie on Lake Kinkaid - [Video Clip]

Fishing trip on Lake Clinton

Fising on Lake Shelbyville - [Video Clip]

Forest Park Nature Center

Fox Ridge State Park - [Video Clip]

Heritage Canyon in Fulton

Heron Pond

Hidden Springs Forest

Illinois College

Illinois State Beach Park - [Video Clip]

Joliet to visit an old factory site that has been reborn into a historical nature walk

Jubilee State College

Kickapoo State Park

Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site

Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site

Matthiessen State Park

Millennium Park - [Video Clip]

Mississippi Palisades State Park

National Great Rivers Museum

Notebaert Museum Butterfly Garden - [Video Clip]

Pere Marquette State Park

Reagan Peace Gardens

Rochelle Railroad Park

Rockhome Gardens - [Video Clip]

Sand Ridge State Forest - [Video Clip]

Sangchris Lake State Park

Starved Rock State Park

Weldon Springs State Park

White Pines State Park



Sports & Recreation


Barkhausen Wetland Center

Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame

Chilli Paintball Pits - [Video Clip]

Cog Hill Golf Course - [Video Clip]

Dove hunting in Mason City - [Video Clip]

Eagle Ridge Resort & Spa - [Video Clip]

International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame

Lickcreek Game Preserve - [Video Clip]

Millennium Park - [Video Clip]

Mississippi Palisades State Park

Northmore Observatory

Raging Waves Waterpark

Sporting Clays outing at the Oak Ridge Sportsman's Club - [Video Clip]

St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Fame in St. Louis

Weaver Ridge Golf Course - [Video Clip]

World Shooting and Recreation Complex



Cemeteries


Alton Cemetery

Ann Rutledge and Lincoln

Antioch Cemetery in Tremont

Bloomington-Normal

Evergreen Memorial Cemetery - [Video Clip]

Lincoln's Tomb - [Video Clip]

Mt. Pulaski Cemetery - [Video Clip]

Old City Cemetery - [Video Clip]

Old State Cemetery In Vandalia, Illinois - [Video Clip]

Saint Joseph Cemetery - [Video Clip]

Woodlawn Cemetery - [Video Clip]



Museums


A. Philip Randolph Pullman Porter Museum

Ageless Classics

Air Classics Museum - [Video Clip]

Air Combat Museum

Alexis Museum

Amboy Depot Museum

Amish Interpretive Center - [Video Clip]

Apple River Fort - [Video Clip]

Birks Museum

Bishop Hill

Blackberry Farm's Pioneer Village - [Video Clip]

Burpee Museum of Natural History

Catherine Yost House Museum

Champaign County Historical Museum - [Video Clip]

Charles Gates Dawes House

Chicago History Museum - [Video Clip]

Chicagoland Sports Hall of Fame

Crawford County Historical Museum

Ellwood House Museum

Franklin County Jail Museum

Funk Gem & Mineral Museum

Gardner Museum of Architecture & Design

Garfield Farm Inn and Museum

Grant's Farm - [Video Clip]

Gridley Telephone Museum

Historic Auto Attractions - [Video Clip]

Hunzinger Museum

Illinois Oil Field Museum

Illinois Railway Museum

International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame

Isle a la Cache Museum

Jersey County Historical Museum - [Video Clip]

John Deere Historic Site - [Video Clip]

John Deere Pavilion

Johnny Gruelle Raggedy-Ann and Andy Museum

Joliet Area Historical Museum - [Video Clip]

Kankakee County Museum

Kibbe Hancock Heritage Museum

Knox County Historical Museum

Lake County Discovery Museum

Lakeview Museum

LaSalle County Historical Society Museum - [Video Clip]

Lewis and Clark State Historic Site - [Video Clip]

Lorado Taft Museum - [Video Clip]

McLean County Museum of History

McLean County Museum of History - The Tilbury Flash - [Video Clip]

Mendota Union Depot Railroad Museum

Mueller Museum

Museum of Funeral Customs

Museum of Geology at Western Illinois University

MY Garage Corvette Museum

Naper Settlement

National Great Rivers Museum

National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium - [Video Clip]

National Museum of Ship Models and Sea History - [Video Clip]

National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum

Notebaert Museum Butterfly Garden - [Video Clip]

Ottawa Scouting Museum

Pettengill-Morron House

Prairie Aviation Museum

Randolph County Museum - [Video Clip]

Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Reitz Home in Evansville, Indiana

Rock Island Arsenal Museum - [Video Clip]

Spurlock Museum - [Video Clip]

St. Louis Cardinal Hall of Fame in St. Louis

Vermilion County War Museum - [Video Clip]

Volo Auto Museum - [Video Clip]

Wards Museum

Wheels O' Time Museum - [Video Clip]

Wood River Refinery History Museum



Buildings


Atlanta Grain Elevator

Belvedere Mansion and Gardens

Carlinville

Colonel Davenport House - [Video Clip]

Creole House

Dana-Thomas House - [Video Clip]

Dr. Hiram Rutherford Home

Ellwood House Museum

Fort de Chartres - [Video Clip]

Fort Massac State Park

Frances Willard House

Franklin Creek Preservation Area Committee

Funk Prairie Home

Golden Windmill - [Video Clip]

Grant's Home - [Video Clip]

Hamilton Primary School - [Video Clip]

Hauberg Civic Center - [Video Clip]

Historic Farnsworth House - [Video Clip]

Illinois' oldest Statehouse in Vandalia - [Video Clip]

Jubilee State College

Lawrence Memorial Library - [Video Clip]

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Lincoln Log Cabin Home

M.J. Hogan Grain Elevator - [Video Clip]

Metamora Courthouse

Okawville, known for its baths and museums

Palestine Opera House - [Video Clip]

Pettengill-Morron House

Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site - [Video Clip]

Putnam County Courthouse

The history of the river town of Beardstown

Ulysses S. Grant Home State Historic Site - [Video Clip]

Villa Katherine Castle - [Video Clip]

Vishnu Springs

Weber Home and Garden - [Video Clip]



Historic Locations


Apple River Fort - [Video Clip]

Bishop Hill

Cahokia Mounds

Dr. Hiram Rutherford Home

Fort Massac State Park

French influence in Nauvoo after the Mormons left

Historic Maeystown - [Video Clip]

Illinois and Michigan Canal - [Video Clip]

Jane Addams Birthplace

John Deere Historic Site - [Video Clip]

Lewis and Clark State Historic Site - [Video Clip]

Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site

Lincoln's Tomb - [Video Clip]

Metamora Courthouse

Morrison Historical Society

New Philadelphia - [Video Clip]

Old State Capitol

Pierre Menard Home State Historic Site - [Video Clip]

Ronald Reagan Birthplace

Vinegar Hill Lead Mine - [Video Clip]



Fishing Hotspots


Fishing for Muskie on Lake Kinkaid - [Video Clip]

Fishing trip on Lake Clinton

Fishing trip on the Illinois River just above Hennepin

Fishing trip with 'the younger set'

Fising on Lake Shelbyville - [Video Clip]

Powerton Lake

Salmoning in Lake Michigan - Lake Michigan Beaches

Sangchris Lake State Park



Other Ilinois Attractions


Argonne National Laboratory

Belvedere Mansion and Gardens

Charleston

Chicago's movie history

Depression-era artwork in Illinois post offices

Donley's Wild West Town - [Video Clip]

Duck decoy collection at Lakeview Museum

Haunted sites in Alton, Illinois

Illinois Waterway Visitor Center

Paramount Arts Center

Princeton Sealing Wax Company

Prinicpia College

Springfield

StageCoach Trails Livery

The Tempel Lipizzans



The Lincoln Adventure


Following Lincoln's Paper Trail - [Video Clip]

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

Lincoln Log Cabin Home

Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site

Lincoln's Tomb - [Video Clip]

Old City Cemetery - [Video Clip]

Old State Capitol