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Rock Cut State Park Top Attraction! (2.6 miles)
Nature in Loves Park, IL USA
Beautiful Illinois state park with two lakes set off the park's 3,092 acres. Pierce Lake, with 162 acres, is a retreat for people wanting to fish, ice fish or ice skate. A second 50-acre Olson Lake is especially for swimmers.
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Anderson Japanese Gardens Top Attraction! (2.7 miles)
Botanical Garden in Rockford, IL USA
You'll be awe-struck by the natural beauty and serenity of Anderson Japanese Gardens, ranked the top Japanese garden in North America.
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Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens (3.3 miles)
Botanical Garden in Rockford, IL USA
Situated along the banks of the beautiful Rock River in Sinnissippi Gardens this tropical setting includes an 11,000 square foot plant exhibition area complete with water features, seating areas, and sculptures. Situated along the banks of the beautiful Rock River in Sinnissippi Gardens, the Nicholas Conservatory & Gardens brings the tropics to the Midwest.
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Rockford Art Museum Top Attraction!  (4.1 miles)
Museum in Rockford, IL USA
Illinois' largest art museum outside of Chicago with over 1,500 works of art; noted for its permanent collection of 19th and 20th Century American art, plus dynamic and changing exhibits featuring regional and national artists. Gift store. Illinois' largest art museum outside of Chicago with over 1,500 works of art; noted for its permanent collection of 19th and 20th Century American art, plus dynamic and changing exhibits featuring regional and national artists.
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Burpee Museum of Natural History Top Attraction! (4.1 miles)
Museum in Rockford, IL USA
The award-winning exhibit, Jane: Diary of a Dinosaur, explores the history of the young T. rex skeleton found by Burpee researchers in the badlands of Montana, called one of the ten most important dinosaur discoveries in the past 100 years.
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Coronado Performing Arts Center (4.3 miles)
Shopping in Rockford, IL USA
This ornate movie palace and vaudeville hall is a example of an atmospheric-style theater with gilded Spanish castles, Italian villas and Chinese dragons in relief on the sides and a starry false sky. Hosts performing arts groups and traveling shows. An ornate movie palace and vaudeville hall built in 1927 for $1.5 million and restored and renovated in 2000 for $18.5 million.
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Tinker Swiss Cottage (5.1 miles)
Museum in Rockford, IL USA
A rare example of Victorian exotic architecture, this 1865 Swiss cottage, was built by early Rockford industrialist and Rockford mayor Robert Tinker.
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Ethnic Heritage Museum (5.2 miles)
Museum in Rockford, IL USA
Six nationalities that helped shape the cultural region are represented in this home museum, built in 1850. Galleries: African American, Irish, Italian, Lithuanian, Polish, and Hispanic. Six nationalities that helped shape the cultural region are represented in this home museum, built in 1850.
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Ethnic Heritage Museum (5.2 miles)
Museum in Rockford, IL USA
Holiday Traditions to see in Six Ethnic Galleries
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Klehm Arboretum (6.3 miles)
Museum in Rockford, IL USA
Tour this 155-acre "living museum filled with spectacular gardens and rare trees with a guide or on your own. A 1.8 mile, handicapped-accessible paved path winds through the arboretum plus many secondary, chipped trails. Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden is a 155-acre "living museum filled with spectacular gardens and rare trees.
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Summerfield Zoo (11.1 miles)
Zoo in Belvidere, IL USA
Zoo Summerfield Zoo’s main objective is to provide an up close and personal animal experience for the whole family! As a small zoo, visitors can get up close and meet many of our animals.
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