Preserving History's Future! The Downers Grove Park District Museum provides leisure and educational experiences for the community through collecting, preserving, exhibiting and interpreting materials that explain and document the history of Downers Grove and its...

Gregg built a home to showcase his product. He lived in the home for approximately three years. He considered himself a dealer in patents as he invented sixteen different pieces of brick making apparatus. A truer sign of growth was the establishment here of a...

The Museums at Lisle Station Park provide visitors the opportunity to learn about the heritage and culture of 19th century Northern Illinois. Settled in 1832, the life of this agricultural community soon revolved around the railroad depot and the area became known as...

The Morton Arboretum, in Lisle, Illinois, covers 1,700 acres (6.9 Square kilometres) and is made up of gardens of various plant types and collections of trees from specific taxonomical and geographical areas. It includes native woodlands and a restored Illinois...

Hinsdale, Illinois, founded in 1873, is a quaint village steeped in a rich history. Only twenty miles west of the City of Chicago, Hinsdale retains its close-knit community appeal. Boasting grand Victorians, stately Tudors, sturdy farmhouses and charming cottages,...

Step back in time and explore four floors of amazing exhibits and learn about pioneer life on the Illinois prairie and the Underground Railroad. Try your hand at spinning wool and weaving. Help our miller grind corn with our enormous two-ton buhrstones. We’re...

Step back in time to the 1870's when you visit the Victorian Cottage. Restored to the era when Lombard was incorporated, the home is typical of housing built after the Civil War. A "cottage style" house, it features rooms furnished with Victorian artifacts that...

Lilacia Park, an 8.5-acre (34,000 m2) garden, is specializes in lilacs and tulips. The park now features more than 200 varieties of lilacs and 50 varieties of tulips, as well as a greenhouse, historical building, picnic areas, and drinking fountains.

The Flagg Creek Heritage Society was originally founded in 1976 as the Flagg Creek Historical Society. The name was recently changed to the Flagg Creek Heritage Society. After years of waiting and a significant amount of effort, The IRS has granted us the coveted...

Visit the oldest house in Lombard to experience the 1840's. Sheldon Peck was a traveling portrait painter, farmer, and a radical abolitionist. New exhibits highlight Peck's life with an emphasis on the Underground Railroad in DuPage County. The Village of Lombard...