Winnebago County, IL

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

Field Of Honor Veterans Memorial

Just north of city hall stands the Field Of Honor Veterans memorial consisting of five vertical limestone columns and eight bronze statues before a series of 40 American flags. Conceived by Arthur Anderson as a memorial to honor veterans who served in the five wars of the 20

Loves Park, IL Memorials

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

Marinelli Field

Rockford, IL Sports Complexes

Ethnic Heritage Museum

The Ethnic Heritage Museum is an 1850's house dedicated to depicting the roles six ethnic groups played in area history:

Rockford, IL Ethnic Heritage

Erlander Home Museum

Home museum in Rockford's first brick home, built by a Swedish family in 1871. Collections include Rockford-made furniture, Charlotte Weibull doll collection and artifacts pertaining to Swedish immigration and Rockford'

Rockford, IL Museums

Klehm Arboretum and Botanic Garden

Modern buildings, themed gardens and groves accessed by miles of paved and chip paths, workshops, special events, an art gallery and gift shop make this 150-acre premier garden, with plantings dating back to 1910

Rockford, IL Aboretums

Volcano Falls Adventure Park

Miniature golf under the shadow of a 3-story erupting volcano or on an accessible 9-hole course. Other attractions include batting cages, soccer cages, go-carts, kiddie go-carts, arcade room and snack bar. Facilities for parties;

Loves Park, IL Fun Centers

Keeling-Puri Peace Plaza

Keeling-Puri Peace Plaza is a 2.5-acre park with 40 flags, 30 languages, 10 prophets of peace, two hemispheres, and one world, dedicated to peace, tranquility and celebrating diversity and heritage. It also serves as the head of Rockford's 20

Loves Park, IL Shrines

Forest City Queen at Riverview Park

Excursion boat with variety of crusies on the Rock River:

Rockford, IL Excursions

Rockford Art Museum

The Rockford Art Museum is Illinois' largest art museum outside of Chicago, with a permanent collection of 19th and 20

Rockford, IL Arts

Sinnissippi Gardens, Greenhouse, Lagoon & Recreation Trail

A take-off point for the 10-mile Rock River Recreation Path, this riverside park features annual gardens, a floral clock planted each year with 1000's of colorful annuals, a lagoon &

Rockford, IL Gardens