If you really cherish history, there's now an artifact in Illinois that you should make a point to see sometime. It's a 3,000 year old sword from the Bronze Age and it's remarkably located in Illinois.
We all have our passions. For one Wisconsin guy, it's cats and he's taken that love of felines and turned it into a perfect museum. Oh, wait. I meant purr-fect. That's better.
Jurassic Gardens in Volo, Illinois offers a true prehistoric experience with animatronic dinosaurs, real dinosaur fossils and skeletons, and SOO much more.