Native North American animals on display. Visitor Center with mastodon bone gallery. Open 9am-5pm, 362 days per year. Free admission.

1000 Ray Moses Drive, Aurora, Illinois 60505

Phone: 630-978-4774 ●  Website: www.phillipsparkaurora.com

Only minutes from downtown Chicago, the Southland offers outstanding restaurants, shopping and antiquing opportunities and a huge array of lodging, meeting and convention facilities. With the metropolitan region's largest concentration of forested recreational land and scores of sports facilities, the Chicago Southland is perfect for active lifestyles.

2304 173rd St., Lansing, Illinois 60438

Phone: 888-895-8233 ●  Website: www.visitchicagosouthland.com

Located 90 minutes west of Chicago, Lee County offers unique Eco-Tourism with their grasslands and wind farms, private and public campgrounds, historic theatre, a classic drive-in theatre, fine arts center, festivals, museums, outdoor activities, nature preserves and many accommodations with all the comforts of home.

113 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon, Illinois 61021

Phone: 877-533-8687 ●  Website: www.encounterleecounty.com

Discover everything Galena and Jo Daviess County has on the National Register of Historic Places. Learn about their intriguing history through state historic sites, casual walking tours, narrated trolley rides and spooky ghost tours.

101 Bouthillier St, Galena, Illinois 61036

Phone: 877-464-2536 ●  Website: www.galena.org

Take Amtrak to over 500 destinations nationwide. Call 1.800.USA.RAIL or visit www.amtrak.com to see the hot deals for the week.

State-wide, Illinois

Phone: 800-USA-RAIL ●  Website: www.amtrak.com

Native North American animals on display. Visitor Center with mastodon bone gallery. Open 9am-5pm, 362 days per year. Free admission.

1000 Ray Moses Drive, Aurora, Illinois 60505

Phone: 630-978-4774 ●  Website: www.phillipsparkaurora.com

Take Amtrak to over 500 destinations nationwide. Call 1.800.USA.RAIL or visit www.amtrak.com to see the hot deals for the week.

State-wide, Illinois

Phone: 800-USA-RAIL ●  Website: www.amtrak.com

Native North American animals on display. Visitor Center with mastodon bone gallery. Open 9am-5pm, 362 days per year. Free admission.

1000 Ray Moses Drive, Aurora, Illinois 60505

Phone: 630-978-4774 ●  Website: www.phillipsparkaurora.com

A preferred hotel in the Southland region offering 203 guest rooms, luxury whirlpool suites, onsite restaurant, nightclub, indoor pool, fitness center, 13,000 sq. ft. of meeting space and more.

500 Holiday Plaza Dr., Matteson, Illinois 60443

Phone: 708-747-3500 ●  Website: www.holiday-inn.com/mattesonil