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

Graham-Ginestra House Founder's Garden

Delightful English garden on the grounds of an 1857

Rockford, IL Gardens

Historic Auto Attractions

More than 70 historic autos including presidential limousines, Al Capone's car and movie cars such as the Batmobile, PLUS hundreds of "pieces of history"

Roscoe, IL Museums

Midway Village Victorian Herb Garden

Rockford, IL Gardens

Carlson Ice Arena and Sapora Playworld

Year-round indoor ice rink with figure skating, hockey, broomball, parties, lessons, exhibitions. Sapora Playworld, indoor 3-level soft playground for children 5-12

Loves Park, IL Fun Centers

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

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

Stephen Mack Home & Whitman Trading Post

The Mack home and Whitman Trading Post were built in 1834 by fur trader Stephen Mack, one of the area'

Rockton, IL Museums

New American Theater

Professional regional theater at its best, with comedies, dramas and musicals by professional actors and guest stars. Annual holiday production. Matinee and evening performances on the 282-seat thrust-style mainstage and 90-seat secondstage.

Rockford, IL Theatres

Discovery Center Museum

The Discovery Center Museum is a children's museum with 200+ hands-on art and science exhibits including a planetarium, TV studio, robotics lab, and outdoor multi-level science park of scientific experiences. Tot-spot for toddlers, special events, and traveling exhibts.

Rockford, IL Science Centers