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15 Best Things to Do in Waukegan (IL)

Bowen Park

Just beyond the affluent suburbs that make up Chicago’s North Shore, Waukegan is a lakefront city that has come through a lot of regeneration since the year 2000. At the …

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15 Best Things to Do in Elgin (IL)

Grand Victoria Casino

In Chicago’s northwest suburbs, Elgin is a historic city filled with delightful architecture from the 19th and early 20th centuries. At that time the city was a manufacturing hub, and …

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15 Best Things to Do in Skokie (IL)

Skokie Theatre

A village on the North Shore, Skokie sits just 16 miles northwest of downtown Chicago and has a distinctive character. This is a highly diverse part of Chicagoland that was …

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15 Best Things to Do in Champaign (IL)

University of Illinois Arboretum

This lively college town shares a sprawling University of Illinois campus with its sister city, Urbana. Champaign and Urbana are contiguous, and together offer a world of history, culture, entertainment …

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15 Best Things to Do in Evanston (IL)

Grosse Point Lighthouse

On the leafy North Shore, Evanston is a city famed for its diversity and progressive politics. This is reflected in many aspects of local life, and for visitors it means …

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15 Best Things to Do in Palatine (IL)

Plum Grove Reservoir Park

This northwest suburb of Chicago is a family-oriented kind of place with a bustling events calendar and masses of public green space. Big swathes of the Village of Palatine are …

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15 Best Things to Do in Bolingbrook (IL)

Trout Fishing

Thirty miles southwest of Chicago, Bolingbrook is a village that took shape in the 1960s and has grown steadily since then to a population of 75,000. Bolingbrook stands out for …

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15 Best Things to Do in Orland Park (IL)

Lake Katherine Nature Center and Botanic Park

Sitting 25 miles southwest of Chicago, the village of Orland Park is a wealthy suburb renowned for its upscale restaurants and shopping opportunities. At the heart of this is the …

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15 Best Things to Do in Springfield (IL)

Old State Capitol Historic Site, Springfield

The state capital of Illinois since 1839, Springfield is the second-largest city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area. It’s impossible to talk about this city without bringing up Abraham Lincoln, …

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15 Best Things to Do in Arlington Heights (IL)

Lake Arlington

This northwest suburb of Chicago has the distinction of being the largest community in the United States to be incorporated as a village. Some 75,000 people live in this mostly …

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