Ogle County
Castle Rock, art colonies & the Eternal Indian
Paddle the Rock River past Castle Rock, wander Oregon’s historic art colony, and look up at the Eternal Indian statue keeping watch from the bluff above the water.
258 places to explore
Whiteside County
Dutch windmills & the Great River Road
Climb inside a working Dutch windmill in Fulton, then trace the Great River Road through river towns where main streets still hum and the Mississippi is never far away.
250 places to explore
Carroll County
Palisades, river towns & Timber Lake Playhouse
Limestone bluffs tower over the Mississippi at Palisades State Park, Savanna keeps its river-town grit and antique shops, and Timber Lake Playhouse raises the curtain all summer long.
162 places to explore
Lee County
Bison at Nachusa & Reagan’s boyhood home
Stand on the front porch of Ronald Reagan’s boyhood home in Dixon, follow the Lincoln Highway through Franklin Grove, then watch a wild bison herd roam the tallgrass at Nachusa Grasslands.
148 places to explore