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LASALLE
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Frontier Lodge and Resort
777 Frontier Lane
Experience the thrill of the great outdoors with the most exciting indoor water park and hotel/condominium complex. Opening summer of 2007.
815-667-7100
Hegeler Carus Mansion
1307 Seventh Street
A Victorian masterpiece on the National Register of Historic Places. Open Wednesdays through Sundays. Tours are on the half hour. Call for tour schedule and group rates.
815-224-6543
MENDOTA
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Breaking the Prairie Museum
901 Washington Street
This agricultural museum honors farm families, their machinery and their livestock.
815-539-3373
Hume Carnegie Museum
901 Washington Street
Features Wild Bill Hickok exhibit, extensive photo display of area’s past and memorabilia from throughout the years. Housed in 1904 library building. Saturday and Sunday: 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and by appointment.
815-539-3373
Lake Mendota Park
Route 251 North
68 acres of lakeside parkland, offering game fishing, pier for handicapped access, picnic areas, shelters, restrooms, volleyball, tennis, playground, baseball, ice fishing, sledding and more. Daily: sunrise to sunset.
Union Depot Railroad Museum
783 Main Street
Features static display of CB&Q Baldwin locomotive #4978, railroad memorabilia, operating HO scale model railroad of Mendota, 1900 telegraph office, all encompassing operating Amtrak station. May - September: Tuesday - Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.; October - April: Saturday and Sunday: noon to 5 p.m.
815-538-3800
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OTTAWA
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Allen Park
Route 71
Scenic park, located on South side of the Illinois River where Illinois/Fox Rivers meet. Fishing, picnic shelters, tennis courts, playground equipment, boat launch and restrooms. Daily: 5 a.m. to 11 p.m.
815-434-2737
Buffalo Rock State Park
Rural Route 1
Park has ball diamonds, picnic areas, biking, bird watching, canoeing, hiking, snowmobiling, and cross country skiing. Two American bison for viewing.
815-433-2224
Black Sock Training Stable
1998 West 31st Road
A variety of equestrian services for beginning to advanced riders. Personalized, professional instruction and scheduled rides.
815-434-4717
Court Street Cabaret
616 Court Street
Intimate and elegant historic theatre features an exposed brock interior, plank floors, and all furnished in a modern, comfortable and trendy style. Relax in the Cabaret Lounge before show.
815-433-6618
Ottawa Scouting Museum
1100 Canal Street
Houses Zitelman Collection and the Sullivan Collection and several other pieces of memorabilia from local donors including: badges, pins, watches, dolls and more. Thursday - Monday: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
815-431-9353
Reddick Mansion
100 West Lafayette Street
Built by Sheriff William Reddick in 1865, this ornate Italianate mansion was a stop on the underground railroad. Monday - Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
815-434-2737
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Illinois Waterway Visitors Center
950 North 27th Road
Viewing areas to see operating lock and dam. Best view of Starved Rock, Illinois Watchable Wildlife site, book store, displays on area history. Winter: daily: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Summer: daily: 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.
815-667-4045
Lincoln-Douglas Debate Memorial Plaza and Washington Park Historic District
Route 23, Downtown
Site of the first famous Lincoln/Douglas debates. The August 21, 1858 debate is marked with an impressive boulder and bronze plaque. Daily: sunrise to sunset.
815-434-2737
William D. Boyce Memorial
Ottawa Avenue, Cemetery
Ottawa was home of W.D. Boyce, founder of the Boy Scouts of America. This memorial is rapidly becoming a sacred pilgrimage for Boy Scouts, past and present. Daily: sunset to sunrise.
815-434-2737
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STREATOR
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Canoe the Vermilion
1903 East 1251 Road
Enjoy the Vermilion and I & M Canal waterways in the Starved Rock area.
8150673-3218
Engle Lane Theatre
3 Eastwood Avenue
Community theater produces six live shows (musicals, dramas and comedies) a season. May to August, call for schedule and reservations.
815-672-3584
Hopalong Cassidy River Trail & Canoe Launch
Route 18
Visitors can follow this trail through an urban forest of mulberry, hackberry oak and maple. Fish, hike, canoe from state-funded canoe launch area on the Vermilion River.
Sandy Ford Canoe Launch Area
Leonore Road
Canoe launch site and land and water reserve.
815-673-1880
Streatorland Historical Society
306 South Vermilion Street
Displays include 19th century clothing, local products and thousands of photographs depicting Streator history.
815-672-2443
Weber House and Garden
1503 Baker Street
Tudor country cottage set in an acre English Garden. Period candlelit rooms. Summers open daily.
815-672-8327
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UTICA
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August Hill Winery
106 Mill Street
Winery offers a variety of excellent wines and gifts. Winetastings.
815-667-5211
Enchanted Forest
Route 178
Indoor amusement park featuring 9 thrilling full-sized rides, including "The Eclipse", only one of three in the world. And all are enclosed so you fun does not stop when the weather is less than perfect.
866-399-FUNN
Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Lodge & Indoor Waterpark
2643 North Route 178
Grand Bear Lodge is Illinois' first indoor waterpark resort! It features 92 guest rooms, 100 luxury villas, full service restaurant/bar, and banquet facilities for up to 300 quests. Enjoy the outdoor bar, candy and coffee shop, arcade, mini golf course and playground.
866-399-3866
www.grandbearlodge.com
Illinois River Winery
Route 178
Winery, wine garden and tasting room, featuring award-winning wines made in the Illinois River Valley.
815-667-4012
LaSalle County Historical Society
101 East Canal Street
Located along the I & M Canal in a pre-Civil War stone warehouse, exhibits explore the history of river trade.
815-667-4861
Matthiessen State Park
Route 178
Five miles of hiking trails into a canyon and around a bluff. Hike along the Vermilion River.
815-667-4868
Starved Rock Lodge and State Park
Route 71 & Route 178
Waterfalls, bluffs and canyons dominate the landscape. The 1930s rustic lodge/restaurant complex is listed on National Register of Historical Places. Open year round. Lodge: open 24 hours, Restaurant: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Lodge: 815-667-4211, 815-667-4906
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