15 Best Things to Do in Libertyville (IL)
In 1895 the center of Libertyville was mostly destroyed by a fire and quickly reconstructed. One happy consequence is the rare architectural unity to the preserved downtown area today. Not …
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15 Best Things to Do in Geneva (IL)
The seat of Kane County is a delightful city on the Fox River, featuring a downtown area brimming with beautiful Victorian architecture, and enticing independent stores and restaurants. In the early …
15 Best Things to Do in Morton Grove (IL)
A leafy suburb on the north side of Chicago, Morton Grove is on the banks of the North Branch of the Chicago River. The river’s floodplain has been kept completely …
15 Best Things to Do in East Peoria (IL)
Over the last couple of decades this city opposite Peoria on the Illinois River has witnessed some big changes. In a kind of symbiosis with its immediate neighbor, East Peoria’s …
15 Best Things to Do in South Holland (IL)
The diverse village of South Holland is in Southland Chicago, roughly contained to the south by Interstate 80 and the east by Illinois Route 1. Running east to west through …
15 Best Things to Do in Dolton (IL)
Immediately south of Chicago’s city limits, Dolton is a mostly residential suburban village bounded to the north by the Little Calumet River. The name comes from one George Dolton, who …
15 Best Things to Do in South Elgin (IL)
This fast-growing suburban community in the Fox River Valley has more than tripled in population since 1990. The history of South Elgin goes back much further, and from the late …
15 Best Things to Do in Pekin (IL)
On the Illinois river, Pekin is a city of 35,000 in Central Illinois. The name was chosen in the late 1820s when it was thought that this spot was at …
15 Best Things to Do in Batavia (IL)
In the last decades of the 19th century this suburban city on the Fox River was a center for windmill manufacturing, a fact remembered by the windmill on Batavia’s logo. …
15 Best Things to Do in Belvidere (IL)
On the Kishwaukee River in Northern Illinois, Belvidere is in the Rockford metropolitan area, but has its own story to tell. The county seat of Boone County, Belvidere took shape …