State Recreational Areas
- Anderson Lake
- Apple River Canyon State Park
- Argyle Lake
- Banner Marsh
- Beall Woods
- Beaver Dam
- Big River
- Darlyle
- Castle Rock
- Cave-in-Rock
- Chain O' Lakes
- Clinton Lake
- Coffeen Lake
- Crawford County
- Delabar
- Des Plaines
- Dixon Springs
- Eagle Creek
- Ed Madigan
- Eldon Hazier
- Ferne Clyffe
- Fort Defiance
- Fort Massac
- Fox Ridge
- Frank Holten
- Franklin Creek
- Giant City
- Golconda Marina
- Goose Lake Prairie
- Green River
- Hamilton County (Dolan Lake)
- Heidecke
- Hennepin Canal
- Hidden Springs
- Horseshoe Lake (Madison County)
- Horseshoe Lake (Alexander County)
- Illini
- Illinois & Michigan Canal (photo)
- Illinois Beach
- Iroquois County
- Johnson Sauk Trail
- Jubilee College
- Kankakee River
- Kaskaskia River
- Kickapoo
- Lake DePue
- Lake Le-Aqua-Na
- Lake Murphysboro
- LaSalle Lake
- Lincoln Trail
- Lowden
- Lowden-Miller
- Mackinaw River
- Marshall
- Matthiessen
- Mermet
- Middle Fork
- Mississippi Palisades
- Mississippi River Area
- Moraine Hills
- Moraine View
- Morrison-Rockwood
- Nauvoo
- Newton Lake
- North Point Marina
- Pere Marquette
- Prophetstown
- Pyramid
- Ramsey Lake
- Randolph County
- Ray Norbut
- Red Hills
- Rend Lake
- Rice Lake
- Rock Cut
- Rock Island
- Saline County
- Sam Dale Lake
- Sam Parr
- Sand Ridge
- Sanganois
- Sangchris Lake
- Shabbona Lake
- Shelbyville
- Siloam Springs
- Silver Springs
- Site M
- South Shore
- Spring Lake
- Starved Rock (photo)
- Stephen A. Forbes
- Ten Mile Creek
- Trail of Tears
- Union County
- Volo Bog
- Walnut Point
- Washington County
- Wayne Fitzgerald
- Weinberg-King
- Weldon Springs
- White Pines Forest
- William W. Powers
- Wolf Creek
- Woodford County
Federal Recreational Areas
- Bell Smith Springs (photo)
- Carlyle Lake
- Garden of the Gods
- Johnson Creek
- Lake Glendale
- Lake of Egypt
- Lake Shelbyville
- Ohio River
- Pine Hills
- Pounds Hollow
- Rend Lake
- Tower Rock
- Turkey Bayou/Oakwood Bottoms
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State Historic Sites
Other Points of Interest
- Adler Planetarium
- Allerton Park
- Alton National Cemetery
- Amish Settlement (photo)
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Arlington Park Race Track
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Baha'i House of Worship - in Wilmette
- Brookfield Zoo
- Cache River State Natural Area
- Camp Butler National Cemetery
- Carl Sandburg Historic Site - in Galesburg
- Chain O'Lakes - ten lakes strung together because of ancient glaciation
- Chanute Air Museum
- Charles Mound (Highest Point in Illinois)
- Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge
- Chicago Botanic Garden
- Chicago Historical Society - in Chicago, museum and reference library
- Chicago Zoological Park (Brookfield Zoo)
- Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge - near Carbondale and Marion
- Danville National Cemetery
- Dickson Mounds Museum
- Dundee - home to nationally-known Haeger Pottery
- DuQuoin State Fairgrounds
- Early American Museum and Botanical Garden - near Mahomet
- Elgin - home of the pocket watch of the same name
- Elijah Lovejoy Monument - in Alton, honors abolitionist editor
- Fermilab located at Batavia - world's largest paraticle accelerator
- Field Museum of Natural History
- Galena - home of U.S. Grant - many historic homes, etc. (photo)
- Governor's Mansion
- Grand Detour - named for the giant bend that the Rock River forms around it. It was here, in the 1830's, that John Deere marketed the first steel plow—the so-called "singing" plow because of the sound it made as it cut through the tough Illinois prairie.
- Great River Road Scenic Lookout Tower
- Hancock Observatory
- Illinois Iron Furnace
- Illinois State Fairgrounds
- Illinois State Museum
- Jake Wolf Memorial Fish Hatchery
- John Deere Home
- John G. Shedd Aquarium - in Chicago
- Krannert Art Museum - in Urbana
- Lewis and Clark State Park - near Hartford
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site
- Lincoln, Illinois and Lincoln College - the only town in America named after Lincoln with his consent; the college was also named with Lincoln's consent a year before his assassination
- Lincoln Park Zoo
- Little Grassy Fish Hatchery
- Lockport - home to the Illinois-Michigan Canal Museum
- Long Hollow Scenic Overlook (Tower)
- Mason State Tree Nursery
- McCormick Place
- Metamora Courthouse - in Metamora, one of two remaining courthouses where Lincoln practiced law
- Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
- Morton Arboretum
- Mound City National Cemetery
- Museum of Science and Industry
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
- Nauvoo
- Navy Pier
- Old Slave House - near Junction
- Our Lady of the Snows Shrine
- Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
- President Ronald Reagan Birthplace
- President Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home (photo)
- Pullman - Chicago historic district, railroad car company built by Pullman in 1890s
- Putnam County Courthouse - in Hennepin
- Quincy National Cemetery
- Richard J. Oglesby Mansion - in Decatur
- Rockhome Gardens
- Rock Island Arsenal
- Sangamon Valley Railway Museum - in Monticello
- Schaumburg - home to one of the largest shopping malls in the world
- Shedd Aquarium
- State Capitol (photo) and Other State Buildings
- State Historical Library
- St. Charles - home to Kane County Flea Market, one of the world's largest
- Tower Rock - near Grand Tower, is 60 feet high, an acre in area, and considered by many as the smallest national park in the country
- Turkey Bluffs Scenic Overlook and Rest Area
- Wildlife Prairie Park
- Woodstock - in McHenry County
- World Heritage Museum - on the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign campus
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