Traveling, Living, Collecting & Re-creating the Old West in Illinois
The SPIRIT of the OLD WEST is a website for those who answer the call of the OLD WEST! People interested in the history and artifacts of the Fur Trade, Civil War, Indian Wars, Cowboy and Native art and collectibles, shows, shooting, re-enactments, cool gear and looking good. For people who live, or like to travel in the old west, and who enjoy the western landscape and its wildlife. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness! Places to Go and Things to Do in Illinois For those who answer the call of the Old West!
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New RockomeScitech Hands On Museum Johnny Gruelle Raggedy Ann & Andy Museum Rockome Gardens
Argonne National Laboratory
Arlington Park Metropolis Performing Arts Centre
Illinois Amish Country Athens Grain Elevator
Hollywood Casino Phillips Park Visitors Center Phillips Park Zoo
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Carthage Jail
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Engine 2500
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Virginia Theatre Orpheum Children's Science Museum
Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site
CHERRY VALLEY Tourist Attractions in Cherry Valley Illinois Magic Waters Waterpark
CHESTER Tourist Attractions in Chester Illinois Piney Creek Ravine-Natural Area Cohen Memorial Home
Chicago Blues Tour Washington Park Refectory Ukrainian Natl Museum Centennial Fountain & Water Park Sears Tower Skydeck National Italian American Sports Hall Of Fame Time Escape LLC Museum Of Contemporary Art John Hancock Observatory Chicago Office Of Tourism Chicago Cultural Center John G Shedd Aquarium Dearborn Station Eli's Cheesecake World Buckingham Fountain Ukrainian Institute-Modern Art Lincoln Park Zoo Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum Chicago Shakespeare Theater Museum of Science and Industry Chicago Theatre DuSable Museum of African-American History Shedd Aquarium Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum Museum of Contemporary Art Navy Pier Lincoln Park Zoo Lyric Opera of Chicago Field Museum Apollo Theater Chicago Center for the Performing Arts The Hancock Observatory Chicago Symphony Orchestra The Chicago Athenaeum : Museum of Architecture and Design The Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Broadcast Communications Chicago Academy of Sciences and Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum Chicago Children's Museum
Natural Areas near Chicago The Sierra Club Lake Calumet Wetlands Project The Calumet Environmental Resource Center The Lake Calumet Wetlands Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
C H Moore Homestead
Adams Wildlife Sanctuary
Niabl Zoo
Brooks Catsup Bottle Gateway Fun Park
Thompson Mill Covered Bridge
Danville Stadium Kennekuk County Park
Scovill Horticultural Department
Gurler House
Railsplitter Lincoln Monument State Memorial
National Great Rivers Museum
Public Museum
Natural Areas Long Hollow Tower & Scenic Overlook - Elizabeth Tapley Woods Wayside
Illinois Iron Furnace
John D Gillett Memorial Chapel
Lizzadro Museum Of Lapidary Art
Ladd Arboretum Mitchell Museum of the American Indian Celebrates in Evanston Illinois Charlton Heston - born John Charles Carter 4 Oct 1924
Franklin Creek Crist Mill
Rawleigh Museum Stephenson County Historical Society Museums Dutch Windmill
Cedardale Farm Flowers Galena Trolley Tours Depot Galena Historical Society & Museum Belvedere Mansion Brills Trolley Tours
Natural Areas Grant Home State Park
Chicago Botanic Garden
Kohl Children's Museum
Raging Rivers Water Park
John Deere Historic Site
Tower Rock & Grand Tower
Granite City Lock & Dam
Elk Grove Park District Jack A Clases Pavilion
Natural Areas Blanding's Landing Recreation Area Speer Park White Park
Prairie Labyrinth
Rockwell Mound
Sunset Lakes Resort
Rock Island County Forest Preserve
Challenge Park Xtreme
Center for American Archeology
Ryan's Historic Round Barn
Rike House
Dickson Mounds Museum Dickson Mounds State Museum
Lincoln College Museums
Morton Arboretum
Riverside Park
Historic Village of Long Grove
Ski Broncs Water Ski Show
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Museum of Geology
Yankee Spirit Balloon Flights
Marion Civic Center
Illinois Mennonite Heritage Center
Super Museum
John Deere Pavillion Deere & Company Administrative Center
Cruises in Moline Illinois Celebration Belle River Cruises
Monticello Wabash Depot Monticello Railway Museum
I & M Canal St Trail
Mother Jones Monument
Little Grand Canyon Riverside Park & Band Shell
Odyssey Fun WorldDuPage Children's Museum
Country Chapel
Nauvoo Temple Nauvoo Historic District Joseph Smith Historic Center
New Salem Carriage Museum
Prairie Ridge St Natural Area
Illinois State University Planetarium IBC Association Hall of Fame Miller Park Zoo
Independence Pioneer Village
Ernest Hemingway Museum & Birthplace Harrison Street East Frank Lloyd Wright's Home
Olmsted Lock & Dam Project Old Train Depot
Illinois Waterway Visitors Center
Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences Peoria Art Guild The Peoria Ballet Wheels O'Time Museum
Clayville Stagecoach Stoop
Pomona Natural Bridge
Dargan Park Jones House Three Swinging Bridges
Fort de Chartres State Park
Dr Richard Eell's House
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
Nickelworld Inc Anderson Gardens Erlander Home Museum Anderson Japanese Gardens Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum Burpee Museum of Natural History Discovery Center Museum Klehm Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Hauberg Civic Center
Allstate Arena
Natural Areas Spring Valley Nature Sanctuary
M J Hogan Grain Elevator
Shawneetown Bank
Southwestern Farm & Home Musem
Sand Bluff Bird ObservatoryFox River Trolley Museum - Fall Caboose Days
Knight's Action Park Abraham Lincoln Museum Illinois State Museum Lincoln and Mary Museum Lincoln Tomb State Memorial Thomas Rees Memorial Carillon Washington Park Botanical Gardens Henson Robinson Zoo
Celebrities buried in Springfield Illionis
Chief Shikshak NW Bison Ranch
Canoe the Vermilion Weber House & Garden
Odyssey Fun World
Donley's Wild West Town Illinois Railway Museum
Safari Land
Volo Auto Museum
Illinois Caverns
Captain Wayne's
Vermilion County Conservation
Dupage Heritage Gallery
Chapel on the Green
Illinois & Michigan Canal National Corridor Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Lincoln Home National Historic Site Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
Chautauqua National Wildlife Refuge Clarence Cannon National Wildlife Refuge Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge Cypress Creek National Wildlife Refuge Emiquon National Wildlife Refuge Illinois River National Wildlife and Fish Refuges Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge Meredosia National Wildlife Refuge Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge
Nature Conservancy in Illinois Bluff Spring Fen Cedar Glen Chinquapin Bluffs Emiquon Fel-Pro RRR Grassy Slough Indian Boundary Prairies Kankakee Sands Nachusa Grasslands Spunky Bottoms
WILDLIFE AREAS
Banner Marsh Fish & Wildlife Area - Illinois Department of Natural Resources Rice Lake State Fish & Wildlife Area
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