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The High ground is a 140-acre Veterans Memorial Park. From the point of the plaza one can see one-half million acres of spectacular woodland scenery and glacial moraine. Located three miles west of Neillsville on Highway 10 in west central Wisconsin, USA., The High ground is open to the public at no charge 24 hours a day, every day of the year.
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Cantigny is where memorable family experiences happen. Located in Wheaton, Ill., the 500-acre park offers vast formal gardens, picnic and camping grounds, a top-ranked public golf course and two museums: the Robert R. McCormick Museum and the Cantigny First Division Museum. At Cantigny families and friends gather and enjoy a wide variety of special events and programs throughout the year.
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Anderson Japanese Gardens |
Anderson Gardens is located on a twelve-acre site, which contains an authentic Japanese pond-strolling garden, guesthouse, teahouse, gazebo, stone lantern, and waterfalls, as well as the Garden of Reflection, and a contemporary garden with a strong Japanese influence.
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Historic Auto Attractions was
built in 2001 by owner Wayne Lensing of Lefthander Chassis which makes
short track racing chassis. Historic Auto Attractions is not only home
to famous cars, but also a wide array of movie memorabilia. Some of
those pieces include Marilyn Monroe’s nightgown, a sweater worn by
Hollywood legend James Dean, and an outfit worn by Elvis Presley. In
addition a large section of the museum is dedicated to John F. Kennedy,
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Basilica of Holy Hill |
Holy Hill is located in southeast
Wisconsin, on the highest elevation in that part of the state. Situated
on 435 acres of rural countryside, it provides the visitor with the
opportunity for spiritual enrichment. We often hear visitors remark
about the peace, beauty and serenity they find at Holy Hill.
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Field of Dreams |
Is this Heaven? No, it's Iowa. A place of fertile soil, traditional values and simple pleasure. And in Dyersville, Iowa, at the 91-year-old Lansing family farm with its quaint, and oh so recognizable house, baseball still ranks as a favorite pastime for all ages. What better place to carve a baseball diamond from a cornfield and to make a movie about pursuing one's dream, no matter how much effort it takes?
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The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library is the premier repository for materials relating to the history of the Prairie State. The Illinois State Historical Library was created in 1889 by the Illinois General Assembly, which charged the new library with collecting and preserving "books, pamphlets, manuscripts, monographs, writings, and other materials of historical interest and useful to the historian, bearing upon the political, religious, or social history of the State of Illinois from the earliest known period of time." |
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Just across from Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, the Wollersheim Winery sits on a scenic hillside overlooking the Wisconsin River. This national historic site was first selected for vineyards in the 1840's by the Hungarian Count Agoston Haraszthy. Following several years of disappointment with winter damage on his vines and unfortunate politics, he followed the gold-rush west in December of 1849. Haraszthy's activities are well documented, as he eventually became known as the founder of the California wine industry. |
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Yerkes Observatory |
The birthplace of
modern astrophysics Yerkes Observatory is a facility of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics of the University of Chicago. It was established in 1897 on Geneva Lake in Williams Bay, Wisconsin. Until the mid-1960's, Yerkes Observatory housed all of the Department's activities. Today the 77-acre, park-like site in southeast Wisconsin provides laboratory space and access to telescopes for research and instruction. A substantial fraction of the University's library holdings in astronomy are housed at Yerkes. |
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Pabst Mansion |
In 1892, the Flemish
Renaissance Revival Mansion of Captain Frederick Pabst, world famous
beer baron, accomplished sea captain, real estate developer,
philanthropist and patron of the arts, was completed. From the day the
house was inhabited, it was considered the jewel of Milwaukee's famous
avenue of mansions called Grand Avenue and represented the epitome of
America's Gilded Age Splendor in Milwaukee.
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Apple River Fort |
Apple River Fort State
Historic Site, located in Elizabeth, Illinois, is the site of one of the
battles fought during the Black Hawk War. Black Hawk and his warriors
attacked the hastily erected fort on June 24, 1832.
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This area has been home to humans from as early as 8000 B.C. Hopewellian, Woodland and Mississippian Native American cultures thrived here. The most recent and probably the most numerous group of Native Americans to live here was the Illiniwek, from the 1500s to the 1700s |
