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| 1 Arlington Heights Historical Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 5 building complex, including Coach House, log cabin, 1882 house, 1908 house. | Address 110 W Fremont St Arlington Heights, Illinois 60004 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Chicago Closest Interstate: I-90 to SR 53, exit Euclid Ave Closest Airport: Chicago O'Hare ORD | Contact Phone 847 255-1225 | ||||||||||||
| 2 Bishop Hill State Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Swedish religious colony, founded as a communal organization | Address S Bishop Hill St PO Box D Bishop Hill, Illinois 61419 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Rock Island/Moline Closest Interstate: I-74 or I-80 Closest Airport: Quad Cities MLI | Contact Phone 309 927-3345 | ||||||||||||
| 3 Blackberry Farm - Pioneer Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: carriage collection, arboretum with 200 varieties of trees, farm collections, streets museum with 11 exhibit stores, crafts | Address 100 S Barnes Rd Aurora, Illinois 60506 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: west of Aurora IL Closest City: Chicago Closest Interstate: I-88 exit Orchard Road Closest Airport: Chicago O'Hare ORD | Contact Phone 630 892-1550 | ||||||||||||
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| 4 Fort Massac State Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: On the Ohio River, replica of 1794 fort, museum, annual encampment and 11 living history weekends | Address 1308 E th St Metropolis, Illinois 62960 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Paducah, KY (2 mi) Closest Interstate: I-24 exit 37 (road runs through the park Closest Airport: Paducah, KY Barkley Regional PAH | Contact Phone 618 524-4712 | ||||||||||||
| 5 Fort de Chartres | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: French stone fort of early 1700's, original powder magazine, reconstructed walls and sentry boxes | Address 1350 State Route 155 RR2 Prairie du Rocher, Illinois 62277 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: St Louis MO Closest Interstate: I-24 Closest Airport: St Louis STL | Contact Phone 618 284-7230 | ||||||||||||
| 6 Garfield Farm and Inn Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 281 acre 1840's farm and 1846 inn being restored as working 1840's farm w surviving prairie | Address 3n016 Garfield Road St Charles, Illinois 60175 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: St Charles (Chicago 30 mi) Closest Interstate: between I-88 & I-90 Closest Airport: Chicago O'Hare ORD | Contact Phone 630 584-8485 | ||||||||||||
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| 7 Illinois & Michigan Canal | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Museum at beginning of Canal trail | Address 803 S State St Lockport, Illinois 60441 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Joliet Closest Interstate: I-55 exit 257 to SR 36 (Renwick Rd) Closest Airport: Chicago Midway MDW | Contact Phone 815 838-5080 | ||||||||||||
| 8 Illinois Railway Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Largest railway collection in US, 4.9 mile demonstration railway | Address 7000 Olson Road Union, Illinois 60180 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Rockford (25 mi) Closest Interstate: I-90 Closest Airport: Chicago O'Hare ORD | Contact Phone 815 923-4000 Toll free 800 BIG RAIL | ||||||||||||
| 9 Ingram's Log Cabin Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 17 authentic pre-Civil War log buildings, 13 authentically furnished. | Address RR2 PO Box 22 Kinmundy, Illinois 62854 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Effingham Closest Interstate: I-57 exit 127 Closest Airport: St Louis STL | Contact Phone 618 547-7123 | ||||||||||||
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| 10 Lincoln Log Cabin State Park | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: last home of Abraham Lincoln's parents, also Sargent Farm living history farm from 1840's | Address 400 S Lincoln Hwy RR1 Box 172A Lerna, Illinois 62440 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Mattoon (5 mi) Closest Interstate: I-57 exit 190 or 194 Closest Airport: Mattoon Coles County MTO (United only); Champaign CMI | Contact Phone 217 345-6489 | ||||||||||||
| 11 Lincoln Home National Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: The only home Lincoln ever owned, restored 2 story house and visitor center, neighborhood now being restored to Lincoln era | Address 426 S Seventh St Springfield, Illinois 62701 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Springfield Closest Interstate: I-55 exit 98, I-72 exit 103 (same exit, interstates merge here) Closest Airport: Springfield Capital SPI | Contact Phone 217 492-4241 | ||||||||||||
| 12 Lincoln's New Salem State Historic Site | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: reconstruction of village where Lincoln spent young adulthood. Log houses, tavern, stores, mills, school as of 1830's | Address RR1 Box 244A Petersburg, Illinois 62675 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Springfield (15 mi) Closest Interstate: I-55, exit 109 SR 124 to County 2 Closest Airport: Springfield Capital SPI | Contact Phone 217 632-4000 | ||||||||||||
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| 13 Macon County Historical Museum and Prairie Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: museum, train depot, school house, blacksmith shop, Lincoln Log Courthouse | Address 5880 North Fork Road Decatur, Illinois 62521 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Decatur Closest Interstate: I-72 Closest Airport: Decatur (TWA only); Champaign University CMI | Contact Phone 217 422-4919 | ||||||||||||
| 14 Illinois Waterway Visitor Center | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Part of the Illinois & Michigan Canal National Heritage Center, this small visitor center is located at the Starved Rock Lock and Dam on the Illinois River | Address Dee Bennette Road Utica, Illinois | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Joliet (45 mi) Closest Interstate: I-80 exit 81 Closest Airport: Chicago ORD | Contact Phone 815 667-4054 | ||||||||||||
| 15 Midway Village & Museum Center | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 24 structures including hardware store, general store, print shop, blacksmith shop, fire & police stations, museum | Address 6799 Guilford Road Rockford, Illinois 61107 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Rockford Closest Interstate: I-90 exit US Business 20 Closest Airport: Chicago O'Hare ORD | Contact Phone 815 397-9112 | ||||||||||||
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| 16 Naper Settlement | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 30 structures on 13 acres, Victorian mansion, homes, businesses, fort, log house, chapel, one room school | Address 523 S Webster St Naperville, Illinois 60540 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Chicago (15 mi) Closest Interstate: I-88, exit 143 or 141 Closest Airport: Chicago O'Hare ORD | Contact Phone 708 420-6010 | ||||||||||||
| 17 Nauvoo Restoration, Inc. | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: 24 separate sites including 20 restored homes and businesses of 1840's | Address Main & Young Sts PO Box 215 Nauvoo, Illinois 62354 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Keokuk, IA Closest Major Road: SR 96 to US 136 Closest Airport: Burlington (IA) Mncpl BRL | Contact Phone 217 453-2233 Toll free 800 453-0022 | ||||||||||||
| 18 Vinegar Hill Historic Lead Mine and Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Underground lead mine, tour includes a walk down into the mine | Address 8885 N Three Pines Rd Galena, Illinois 61036 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Dubuque, IA (17 mi) Closest Major Road: SR 84 to US 20 Closest Airport: Dubuque (IA) Mncpl DBQ | Contact Phone 815 777-0855 | ||||||||||||
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| 19 Stone Coal Log Cabin Village/Coal Creek Village | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Original log buildings | Address Pana Pioneer Heritage Guild Pana, Illinois 62557 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Decatur (35 mi) Closest Major Road: US 51 to I-72 (north), I-70 (south) Closest Airport: Decatur DEC (TWA only); Springfield SPI | Contact Phone 217 562-4240 | ||||||||||||
| 20 Saline Creek Pioneer Village & Museum | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Log cabin village & poor farm museum | Address 1600 Feazel St Harrisburg, Illinois 62946 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Paducah, KY (65 mi), Evansville, IN (65 mi) Closest Major Road: US 45 to I-57 in Marion Closest Airport: Paducah, KY Barkley Regional PAH | Contact Phone 618 252-6789 | ||||||||||||
| 21 Apple River Fort Interpretive | Click here for hours, admission fees, details of what's there, local lodging, local information & nearby things to do | ||||||||||||
| Description: Fort reconstructed on a hill overlooking town, and an interpretive center with a model of the fort and exhibits on the history of the Black Hawk War, the Saulk & Fox Indians and the settlers of Apple | Address 311 E Myrtle PO Box 206 Elizabeth, Illinois 61068 | ||||||||||||
| General Location: Closest City: Dubuque, IA (30 mi) Closest Major Road: US 20 Closest Airport: Dubuque Municipal DBQ | Contact Phone 815 858-2028 | ||||||||||||
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