| Field Museum | Chicago, Illinois | Founded in 1893, this great museum has a collection of subjects on botany, anthropology, and more. | |
| Museum of Science and Industry | Chicago, Illinois | Another great museum that has a train collection, minature collection, and many great science exhibits. | |
| Lake County Discovery Museum | Wacounda, Illinois | This is a nice museum with a collection of exhibits from Lake County and more. It has forest preserves next door to visit as well. | |
| Cuneo Museum | Vernon Hills, Illinois | A beautiful estate with an Italian manor home owned by the Cuneo publishing family now converted into a museum. | |
| The Oriental Institute | Chicago, Illinois | A great museum that has many fine artifacts from ancient Mesopotamia. | |
| Galena | Galena, Illinois | The entire city of Galena is a great place to visit. From ancient Native American mounds and effigies to shopping, this town has a lot to offer a visitor. | |
| Cantigny | Wheaton, Illinois | Historic home and garden of Robert McCormick. | |
| Volo Museum | Volo, Illinois | A great museum of antique to hollywood cars and a seperate military museum. | |
| Burpee Museum | Rockford, Illinois | A natural history museum. | |
| The Art Institute of Chicago | Chicago, Illinois | A great collection of renaissance art and modern art. | |
| The Dole Mansion | Crystal Lake, Illinois | A turn of the century Italian mansion owned by the Dole family is converted into a museum and art colony.
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| Cahokia | Cahokia, Illinois | Ancient Native American site with mounds and a museum. | |
| Winfield Mounds | Winfield, Illinois | Forest preserve and site of ancient Native American Mounds (most have been destroyed at this site). | |
| Dickson Mounds | Lewistown, Illinois | Native American Mounds and museum. | |
| Kincaid Mounds | Maasac County, Illinois | Native American Mounds and museum. | |
| Illinois Railway Museum | Union, Illinois | Museum with old railroad cars and engines. | |
| Museum of Contemporary Art | Chicago, Illinois | Contemporary art. | |
| Illinois State Museum | Springfield, Illinois | Museum exhibits include displays on the land, life, and people of Illinois. | |
| Naper Settlement | Naperville, Illinois | Frontier living exhibits and art. | |
| Villa Olivia | Bartlett, Illinios | Skiing and snow tubing in the winter. Golf in the summer. Fun place to go. Make sure you get out of the way at the bottom of the slope. | |
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