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Rockford, Illinois

  • Graham-Ginestra House

    The Graham-Ginestra House is an 1857 Italianate limestone house with ceiling murals, parquet floors, pocket doors, stained glass, curved staircase, carriage house and stables. English garden. Special ...
    Graham-Ginestra House

Attractions and Upcoming Events

Coronado Theatre

The Coronado Theatre is a fantastically ornate movie palace and Vaudeville hall built in 1927 and restored in 2000. The Coronado hosted legends of show business, the Marx Brothers and Milton Berle. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Coronado showed its first "talkie,"

Rockford, IL Historic Theatres

Burpee Museum of Natural History

Burpee Museum is a natural history museum specializing in paleontology, geology, biology, and Native American life with three floors of exhibits. After four years of preparation, Jane is now on display as the centerpiece of a new exhibit at Burpee Museum - Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur

Rockford, IL Museums


Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum

An example of exotic Victorian architecture, Robert Tinker's 1865 Swiss "cottage" has ornate woodwork, sculptures and family furnishings; the new Visitor Center is a replica of the original barn; newly restored suspension footbridge;

Rockford, IL Museums

Circle G Farm & Feed Lots, Inc.

This company started as a family farm 45 years ago and now produces 3,000 cattle, 1 million bushels of corn and soybeans, and 3 million pounds of beef annually. Contact John Groh at Rockford Area Convention &

Rockford, IL Tours

Things to do near Rockford, IL

Hidden Cove Family Fun Park

37 acres of indoor/outdoor activities. Arcade/game center, fun jungle, batting cages, miniature golf, driving range, rollersk...

Reddick Mansion Association

The Reddick Mansion is a Pre-Civil War mansion known as one of the area's most expensive and ornate Italianate residences....

Apollo Activity Center

The Apollo is an all-purpose activity center, whose 1912 theater has recently been renovated. The 12,000 square foot space ca...

Essex Historical Society Museum

The Essex Historical Society Museum features a one-room school house and historical Essex artifacts contained in an adjacent ...

Community Building Complex of Boone County

Built in 1939, this building has been preserved, renovated and improved with modern handicapped restrooms, elevator, catering...