Places to Explore
Here
are some web sites to acquaint you with the area immediately around
Â鶹ÊÓƵ.
Local
Municipal Web Sites
Other
Community Based Web Sites
Recreation
and Travel Web Sites
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Visitor center, events, map and other information about the Canal
Located at 500 Speedway Blvd., Joliet)
Entertainment facility for motor sports, concerts, and
more.
19th century museum village with restored buildings,
artifacts, and costumed guides.
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Considered one of the most beautiful spots in the Midwest,
the riverwalk includes bridges, fountains, and landscaping.
Miss green trees and shrubs. This is the place to visit!
Chicago
Area
Destinations and Web Sites
Â鶹ÊÓƵ is fortunate
to be located close to the resources of a thriving metropolis,
Chicago.
You can explore Chicago by Internet even before you travel
there. Investigate
these web sites:
- - art, architecture, festivals, museums,
parades, restaurants, theaters.
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- - history, symbols, sites
A-Z, facts about Chicago
- (Located
at Michigan and Adams)
One of the world’s greatest art collections, including more French
impressionist paintings than in the Paris Louvre. Special
exhibits change daily.
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(Located at 1400 S. Lakeshore Drive)
A world-class collection of biological and anthropological exhibits,
including the skeleton of a T.rex dinosaur named Sue.
(Located at 740 E. 56th Place)
The history of African Americans in America is shown and their
contributions to culture, art and technology.
(Located at 57th Street & Lake Shore Drive)
This is a very entertaining place with automated exhibits,
displays of antique airplanes, a theatre, spacecrafts, coal
mine, farm
equipment, and a German submarine
(Located at 1300 S. Lake Shore Drive)
Special astronomy shows throughout the year.
(Located at 1200 S. Lake Shore Drive)
A variety of fish, an Oceanarium, marine mammal show, and coral reef
exhibit. There is a boat dock next to the Aquarium for sight-seeing
in the summer.
Parks, gardens, shops, museums, restaurants, and entertainment.
(Located at 1000 Lake Cook Road, Glencoe) Spectacular gardens
on 385 acres.
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