Neighborhood Facts: Geneva, Illinois
Geneva is a city that will definitely take your breath away! Historical architecture, unique stores, specialty food and restaurants are what bring tourist and locals back.
When you visit this quaint city, you will notice it's full of historic building and amazing art! The sidewalks, lawns and buildings are covered in public art.
You can enjoy the outdoors by taking a stroll along the Fox River Bike Trail. Or go shopping in the many shops Geneva has to offer. Geneva shops specializing in coffee, tea, chocolate, gelato, baked goods, gluten-free, spices, wine, local brewing and distilling.
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Geneva, the county seat of Kane County, is one of the three Tri-Cities area communities (along with Batavia to the south and St. Charles to the north) of the Fox River Valley. It has long been known as the Jewel of the Fox, with its interesting shops on Third Street and charming historic architecture. Geneva is located 40 miles west of Chicago with the O'Hare Airport located about 45 minutes by car. The Metra/Union Pacific West Line commuter train is available for commuting to and from Chicago. Air travelers also have the DuPage and Aurora Municipal Airports nearby. Vintage home buyers are attracted to Geneva. The city's historic preservation ordinance gave city officials the tools to create a 69-block historic district, including vintage homes dating from 1838, built in many styles including Italianate, Queen Anne, Greek Revival, Gothic Revival, Prairie (one designed by Frank Lloyd Wright), Bungalow, Colonial Revival, Cape Cod, Romanesque Revival and Shingle Style. In contrast, there are newer homes also available for homebuyers, as Geneva appeals to many custom builders. The city has encouraged commercial growth, particularly along the Randall Road corridor on the west side. It also supports retailers in its thriving downtown area, recognizing this is crucial to the city's vitality. Geneva Community School District 304 has six elementary schools, three middle schools and one high school. The highly-rated schools offer a quality curriculum. The Geneva Park District operates some 700 acres of land with 50 parks and 3000 recreation programs offered annually. The picturesque Fox River flows through the heart of the city, with about two-thirds of its shores publicly owned. Over 30 miles of biking/walking paths meander through prairies and woodland settings, an idyllic setting for leisurely activities. Many people who visit Geneva's appealing shops, fine restaurants and unique family festivals throughout the year decide to call this quaint, charming historic town their home.
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Geneva, Illinois may very well have the best shopping and dining you'll find in the Chicagoland area, or the entire Midwest. At the very least, Geneva's historic downtown is home to more unique specialty shops and eateries than anywhere we've visited. This charming hamlet, nestled on the banks of the Fox River, is truly a picture postcard. It promises a great escape from the ordinary - for the day, for the evening, or for a luxurious weekend retreat. Plan to visit Geneva soon!
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The family friendly City of Elmhurst in DuPage County invites you to shop, dine and stay to experience its unique cultural offerings, museums, and stellar seasonal events. With a city center Metra commuter train station, Elmhurst is just a quick trip from Chicago, easily accessible from O'Hare and Midway airports, and convenient to all major highways. Get more information at
Festival Of The Vine - Geneva IL
With wine tasting from around the world, generous food samples from the city's finest restaurants, live music, and rides for kids, Geneva's Festival of the Vine has become the city's most highly acclaimed festival and family-friendly event!
This year's Festival of the Vine will be held on Sept. 6-8, 2019 in historic downtown Geneva on State & Third Streets. Food, drink, and game tickets are available on site.
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Wisconsin Greg just checking out the different store's in beautiful downtown Lake Geneva Wisconsin.
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Panoramic Maps, also known as Bird's Eye View, aerial view, or perspective maps. These were a popular form of art at the turn of the 20th century depicting a city's key points of interest.
Unlike traditional maps, Panoramic maps often highlighted the commercial aspects of a town, while also clearly showing many local residences.
I've had a lot fun looking up places I've been to on these maps -- and I've gotta say - It's amazing just how much things change -- and also how much things stay the same.
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Many people find cemeteries to be creepy unsettling places that are to be avoided in general. YouTube routinely tags my cemetery videos to be “not suitable for most advertisers”. Well I find them to be places of great beauty a combination time machine and art gallery. A time machine because they don't fit in the 21st century mindset. I mean when was the last time you visited one or went to a funeral? Cemeteries have vast expanses of land that serve no function other than reflection there's no advertising and nothing to buy. They are also a true public art gallery because instead of being a collection of art where the artist is the center of attention the works serves to memorialize a third party and the artist is for the most part unknown. So let's lean back and enjoy the view.
There are around 150,000 burial grounds in the US covering some 2,000,000 acres. Today were visiting Jewish Waldheim Cemetery, founded in 1870, it was the first cemetery to open in Forest Park Il. A village located ten miles west of downtown Chicago. This was quickly followed by the establishment of Concordia (1872), German Waldheim (1873), and Forest Home (1876). This land rush for the dead was spurred when Chicago closed City Cemetery (where Lincoln Park is now located) and banned new burials. Accessibility was another factor, in 1856, the Chicago & Galena Union Railroad opened a shop and roundhouse in the village which also made the area attractive to cemetery operators. At that time the village was called Harlem it became Forest Park in 1907 taking the name of a recently opened amusement park.
Waldhiem is made up of what was over 200 separate cemeteries, each representing various Chicago families, synagogues, temples and other Jewish organizations. There are nearly 200,000 people buried here, while Forest Park itself is home to less than 20,000 living souls. No big names make their final resting spot here; Clara Pelliter (the “Where'e the Beef” lady), Albert Weinshank who was one of the St. Valentines Day massacre victims and movie producer Michael Todd who was one of Elizabeth Taylor's husbands. During the 1970's his grave was robbed and remains stolen, though later recovered. The area we exploring today is the oldest section of the cemetery, located west of Des Plaines Ave. along the Des Plaines River.
In previous videos we have looked at some of the masoleums that dot the landscape. You'll find them on our “Churches, Cemeteries, Haunted & Other Spiritual Places Around Chicago” playlist that's linked in this video description.
Tree stump stones (try saying THAT three times fast) were an outgrowth of the naturalist movement of the late 19th century. At the same time that cemeteries were moving away from being church sanctioned burial grounds and more park like final resting places it only seems natural that the objects that commemorate those in repose reflect the surrounding environment. The prime mover behind the stumps was Joseph Cullen Root who was the founder of Modern Woodmen of America which was both fraternal and insurance benefit organization. His offered its members the opportunity to purchase grave markers for deceased loved ones.
The stumps varied in size from tiny children’s stones, just a few inches high, to soaring 10 to 12 feet high tree trunks. Most have intricately carved detailing that told the story of the person(s). These memorials became wildly popular in the end of the 19th and early 20th century far beyond the Woodsman. At one point you could even order them through Sears or Montgomery Wards.
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Michigan Avenue is a major north-south street in Chicago which runs at 100 east on the Chicago grid. The northern end of the street is at Lake Shore Drive on the shore of Lake Michigan in the Gold Coast Historic District. The street's southern terminus is at Sibley Boulevard in the southern suburb of Harvey, though like many Chicago streets it exists in several disjointed segments.[1]
As the home of the Chicago Water Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park, and the high-end shopping on the Magnificent Mile, it is a street well known to Chicago natives as well as tourists to the city. Michigan Avenue also is the main commercial street of Streeterville. It includes all of the Historic Michigan Boulevard District and most of the Michigan–Wacker Historic District, including the scenic urban space anchored by the Michigan Avenue Bridge.
Chicago is the third most populous city in the United States. With over 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the state of Illinois and the Midwestern United States. The Chicago metropolitan area, often referred to as Chicagoland, has nearly 10 million people and is the third-largest in the U.S.[4]
Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, and grew rapidly in the mid-nineteenth century.[5] The city is an international hub for finance, commerce, industry, technology, telecommunications, and transportation: O'Hare International Airport is the second busiest airport in the world when measured by aircraft traffic; the region also has the largest number of U.S. highways and rail road freight.[6] In 2012, Chicago was listed as an alpha global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network,[7] and ranked seventh in the world in the 2014 Global Cities Index.[8] Chicago has the third largest gross metropolitan product in the United States—about $630.3 billion according to 2014-2016 estimates.[9] The Chicago metropolitan area is also home to several universities, including Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and University of Illinois at Chicago.
In 2014, Chicago had 50.2 million international and domestic visitors.[10] Chicago's culture includes the visual arts, novels, film, theater, especially improvisational comedy, and music, particularly jazz, blues, soul, gospel[11] and house music. It also has professional sports teams in each of the major professional leagues. Chicago has many nicknames, the best-known being the Windy City.
Visit historic Glen Ellyn, Illinois in Chicago's western suburbs
We invite you to shop, dine and stay in Glen Ellyn, a historic and picturesque village in DuPage County that's just a few miles west of Chicago, easily accessible by Metra commuter train, convenient to O'Hare and Midway airports, and close to major highways.
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Joseph Royer designed this striking five-story English Tudor style structure with distinctive steeply-pitched rooflines and exposed cross-timbers. It opened to the public on November 1, 1923 — just before Homecoming Weekend at the University, with the Illini — and Red Grange — playing in Memorial Stadium for the first time.
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Family bike Ride (on our TREK bicycles) - Rails to trails #MoreKidsOnBikes
We had the opportunity to ride the Glacial River Trail as a family - started in Fort Atkinson and rode to the red covered bridge.
8.6-mile former railbed bike trail running south from downtown Fort Atkinson to the Jefferson/Rock County line. The northernmost 4.5 miles are asphalt paved, the balance is crushed limestone. This spectacular recreational attraction features an archway, bronze sculptures, rest areas and fountains, making it a relaxing and scenic walk or ride through Fort Atkinson.
The Glacial River Trail provides bikers, pedestrians, and in-line skaters with a 55.8-mile off-road/on-road rural route winding through farmland, prairie, wetlands, and woodlands as it passes through three counties in southeastern Wisconsin.
Technically, the southern endpoint begins in Janesville at Milton Avenue, where you can also pick up a segment of the 1,200-mile, hiking-centric Ice Age National Scenic Trail. Note that the closest dedicated trail parking is about 10 miles farther down the trail in Koshkonong. Heading north from Janesville on the Glacial River Trail, you’ll travel through Milton and rural countryside to Kosh-konong, where you’ll leave Rock County and head into Jefferson County. A quaint covered bridge greets you just after this crossing.
Open areas and woods serve as pleasant companions as you travel north along SR 26. Take a worthy side trip by heading west (left) at Koshkonong Mounds Road to Indian Mounds Park, which features 11 Native American effigy mounds and an ancient Indian trail. The mounds, large earthworks with religious or ceremonial origins, can be seen from the trail. Look closely to see the turtle and bird shapes identified by experts. The mounds are thought to have survived about 1,500 years.
About 16 miles into your journey you’ll reach Fort Atkinson. Note that just before reaching Fort Atkinson, the trail detours from the railroad corridor for about 1.5 miles, heading northwest and then east on Schwemmer Lane (under SR 26), and then right on Groeler Road, which meets up with the off-road trail again on the northern side of where SR 26 and SR 26 Trunk meet. Nearing busy Janesville Avenue, a low stone wall next to the path marks the Glacial River Rotary Depot, which offers a drinking fountain and covered picnic area.
You might detour three blocks east onto South Third Street West (where the trail crosses Janesville Avenue), turn right (south) onto South Main Street, and then head a block and a half (veering left) onto Whitewater Avenue to the Hoard Historical Museum. The museum is named after the Hoard family, who are behind the nationally distributed dairy farm magazine Hoard’s Dairyman. Exhibits of tools, textiles, and American Indian artifacts will get you up to speed on the area’s early fort history, European settlers, and American Indian culture.
At Lorman Bicentennial Park, you can access the Riverwalk, which takes you through the park and underneath the bridge across the Rock River. Head right along the Riverwalk to find quaint shops and restaurants.
Back on Glacial River Trail, continue north over the Rock River and through a beautiful metal archway. The paved pathway unwinds along the east side of SR 26 through Wisconsin countryside and over the Crawfish and Rock Rivers in Jefferson. After you go under the Jefferson bypass, look for a connection to the 53.4-mile Glacial Drumlin State Trail which heads west to Cottage Grove and east to Waukesha.
The trail then continues to Watertown and into Dodge County, using on-street and off-street sections, and ends at the southern terminus of the Wild Goose State Trail at SR 60 in Juneau.
Parking and Trail Access
The closest parking to the southern endpoint is in Koshkonong, about 10 miles north. From I-90, take Exit 163 toward WI 59 E., and head south, then east on WI 59, crossing the Rock River. After 2.8 miles, bear left at the Y onto County Hwy. N; go 3 miles, and then turn left to merge onto northbound WI 26/WI 26 Trunk. Go 1.7 miles, and then turn left onto County Line Road. Turn left onto Old Hwy. 26, and then make the first left into the parking lot.
To reach the northern endpoint from I-94, take Exit 267 to SR 26 toward Watertown, heading north. Go 18.9 miles, and take Exit 52 to SR 60, heading east. Go 1.7 miles, and turn left into the parking lot just past where the trail begins, with Junction Road on your right.
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Best Pizza Places in Lockport, Illinois - as Reviewed by Local Residents
LuvMyTown surveyed a Facebook group of Lockport, Illinois area residents and asked them to review their favorite Lockport Pizza Place was and had a great response. Here are the BEST Pizza places in Lockport, Illinois according to them.
Lockport is an historic city in Will County, Illinois, United States, located 30 miles southwest of Chicago. Lockport was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 1975. The city was incorporated in 1853 and is situated along the Illinois and Michigan (I&M) Canal. Recently, it was named one of the fastest-growing suburbs in America, by Forbes Magazine. The scenic golf course, walking paths, vintage downtown, parks and recreation and accessibility to I-355 and 80 add to the city's appeal.
Due to time, we could only feature a few Lockport, Illinois Pizza Places and they are:
Mangia Pizza
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Pizza Plus
815 - 838 - 9040
Rosati'S Pizza
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B&V
815 - 838 - 810
Diamond´'s Billiards
815 - 838 - 6605
This video highlights only some of the many Pizza Places. Many varieties abound in Lockport, so be sure to try all of them!
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West Chicago, Illinois - 1939 - Small town history from a 16mm film
At a recent estate sale in West Chicago, I found this 16mm film from 1939 that chronicles life in West Chicago at that time. Well done small town effort, even has some titles! Luckily I also found the VHS tape that someone had transferred the film to. I digitized it to DVD to share here. Check out the guy doing a burnout with his Harley, or is it an Indian. Baseball and basketball, cops at the target range, and the old stores. Hope you enjoy; I have no doubt this is the only one in existence.
Illinois Beach Resort and Conference Center - Zion in Zion IL
Website: . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. Illinois Beach Resort and Conference Center - Zion One Lake Front Drive Zion IL 60099 Along the coast of Lake Michigan, this resort features an on-site restaurant and an indoor swimming pool. Each guest room includes free Wi-Fi, and Six Flags Great America is 13 miles away. Cable TV is provided in every room at Illinois Beach Resort and Conference Center-Zion. Guests have the convenience of an in-room Keurig coffeemaker, and some rooms include a balcony. Lakeside Restaurant is on-site and serves American cuisine for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy a cocktail and Lake Michigan views from Sandpiper Lounge. A spa with a sauna, a hot tub, and a tanning bed is provided at the Zion Illinois Beach Resort and Conference Center. There is also a fitness center with classes available. A game room is on site. Shopping at the Gurnee Mills Mall can be reached in a 24-minute drive. Downtown Chicago is 48 miles away.