Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area
Listed in State park
11094 Ranger Rd, Whittington, IL 62897, Whittington, Illinois 62897
A 3,300-acre Illinois recreation area along Rend Lake, offering boating, fishing, picnicking, and peaceful shoreline scenery near Whittington and Benton.
Washington County State Recreation Area
Listed in State park
18500 Conservation Dr, Nashville, IL 62263, Nashville, Illinois 62263
A quiet southern Illinois recreation area near Nashville, with a lake, fishing, camping, trails, and wooded scenery for an easy outdoor escape.
Sunshine Guest House
Listed in Guest house
6031 County Rd 1600 N, McLeansboro, IL 62859, McLeansboro, Illinois 62859
Sunshine Guest House is a McLeansboro lodging option for travelers exploring southeastern Illinois by road.
Oxbow Bed & Breakfast
Listed in Bed & breakfast
3967 IL-13, Pinckneyville, IL 62274, Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274
Oxbow Bed & Breakfast offers a quieter place to stay in the Pinckneyville area, well suited to southern Illinois history, parks, small-town stops, and scenic backroad travel.
Original Ft. Massac Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Indian Wars, Lewis and Clark Sites, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Pioneer History, Revolutionary War, State park
1308 E 5th St, Metropolis, Illinois 62960
At Fort Massac State Park, the original 1757 French fort site is marked by preserved archaeological remains and an interpreted outline beside the Ohio River bluffs. A nearby reconstruction represents the later 1802 American fort.
Lloyd Tilghman House & Civil War Museum
631 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
Explore a historic Paducah home and exhibits on Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman, the Civil War, and western Kentucky’s wartime history.
Horseshoe Lake-Alexander
Listed in Park, State park
28303 Miller City Rd, Olive Branch, IL 62969, Olive Branch, Illinois 62969
An old Mississippi River channel near Olive Branch, Horseshoe Lake offers wetlands, open water, and wildlife-rich scenery for fishing, birdwatching, photography, and a quiet look at southern Illinois river country.
Historic Forsythe Mill Covered Bridge
Listed in Historic Bridges, Historical landmark
W 650 S, Rushville, Indiana 46173
This 1888 Burr Arch covered bridge near Rushville crosses the Big Flat Rock River and recalls the mill communities and bridge-building traditions of nineteenth-century Indiana.
Hill’s Fort Historic Site
901 500 N, Greenville, Illinois 62246
Hill’s Fort Historic Site recalls William Hill’s frontier fort and the refuge network that protected settlers in the Greenville area during the War of 1812.
General John A Logan Museum
1613 Edith St, Murphysboro, Illinois 62966
Explore the life and legacy of Illinois Civil War general, senator, and veterans’ leader John A. Logan through exhibits in Murphysboro.
Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area
Listed in State park
11094 Ranger Rd, Whittington, IL 62897, Whittington, Illinois 62897
A 3,300-acre Illinois recreation area along Rend Lake, offering boating, fishing, picnicking, and peaceful shoreline scenery near Whittington and Benton.
Washington County State Recreation Area
Listed in State park
18500 Conservation Dr, Nashville, IL 62263, Nashville, Illinois 62263
A quiet southern Illinois recreation area near Nashville, with a lake, fishing, camping, trails, and wooded scenery for an easy outdoor escape.
Sunshine Guest House
Listed in Guest house
6031 County Rd 1600 N, McLeansboro, IL 62859, McLeansboro, Illinois 62859
Sunshine Guest House is a McLeansboro lodging option for travelers exploring southeastern Illinois by road.
Oxbow Bed & Breakfast
Listed in Bed & breakfast
3967 IL-13, Pinckneyville, IL 62274, Pinckneyville, Illinois 62274
Oxbow Bed & Breakfast offers a quieter place to stay in the Pinckneyville area, well suited to southern Illinois history, parks, small-town stops, and scenic backroad travel.
Original Ft. Massac Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Indian Wars, Lewis and Clark Sites, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Pioneer History, Revolutionary War, State park
1308 E 5th St, Metropolis, Illinois 62960
At Fort Massac State Park, the original 1757 French fort site is marked by preserved archaeological remains and an interpreted outline beside the Ohio River bluffs. A nearby reconstruction represents the later 1802 American fort.
Lloyd Tilghman House & Civil War Museum
631 Kentucky Ave, Paducah, Kentucky 42001
Explore a historic Paducah home and exhibits on Confederate General Lloyd Tilghman, the Civil War, and western Kentucky’s wartime history.
Horseshoe Lake-Alexander
Listed in Park, State park
28303 Miller City Rd, Olive Branch, IL 62969, Olive Branch, Illinois 62969
An old Mississippi River channel near Olive Branch, Horseshoe Lake offers wetlands, open water, and wildlife-rich scenery for fishing, birdwatching, photography, and a quiet look at southern Illinois river country.
Historic Forsythe Mill Covered Bridge
Listed in Historic Bridges, Historical landmark
W 650 S, Rushville, Indiana 46173
This 1888 Burr Arch covered bridge near Rushville crosses the Big Flat Rock River and recalls the mill communities and bridge-building traditions of nineteenth-century Indiana.
Hill’s Fort Historic Site
901 500 N, Greenville, Illinois 62246
Hill’s Fort Historic Site recalls William Hill’s frontier fort and the refuge network that protected settlers in the Greenville area during the War of 1812.
General John A Logan Museum
1613 Edith St, Murphysboro, Illinois 62966
Explore the life and legacy of Illinois Civil War general, senator, and veterans’ leader John A. Logan through exhibits in Murphysboro.
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