Hegeler Carus Mansion

You can take time to visit Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail during your travels to La Salle. You can seek out the hiking trails in this family-friendly area.

Explore the great outdoors at Baker Park, a lovely green space in Peru. While in this family-friendly area, you can savor the top-notch restaurants.

Look down the chute of Cascade Falls from a rickety bridge and admire the brilliant hues decorating the canyon’s sandstone walls in this eclectic park.

The lodge provides a luxurious base from which to explore trails leading to bluffs and canyons of this riverside park. Try ice climbing and eagle spotting in winter.

Adorning the fields and riverbed are five enormous artistic mounds portraying regional animals. Enjoy views of the Illinois River at this undulating park.

While this spot is named for George Washington, it is actually more famous as a historic site related to another great president, Abraham Lincoln.