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  2. List of protected areas of Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Forest Preserve District of DuPage County - 26,000 acres (110 km 2) Forest Preserve District of Kane County - 20,000 acres (81 km 2) Forest Preserves of the Kankakee River Valley - 465 acres (1.88 km 2) Kendall County Forest Preserve District - 2,663 acres (10.78 km 2) Lake County Forest Preserve - 31,000 acres (130 km 2) Macon County ...

  3. List of nature centers in Illinois - Wikipedia

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    website, operated by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County in 439-acre LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve, interpretive displays including prairie ecology and Fox River Crabtree Nature Center: Barrington: Cook: Chicago area: website, operated by the Forest Preserve District of Cook County, over 1,000 acres, features outdoor nature play area

  4. Fabyan Windmill - Wikipedia

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    Kane County considered the windmill's demolition as early as 1990 when it became structurally unsafe for public inspection. However, local citizens began fighting to keep the mill intact. In 1997, the Forest Preserve District contracted third-generation Dutch windmill maker Lucas Verbij to fully restore the windmill for a cost of over $900,000 ...

  5. Lake County Forest Preserves - Wikipedia

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    Lake County Forest Preserves (also called Lake County Forest Preserve District, or LCFPD) is a governmental organization that purchases land and oversees the use of such public open-space in Lake County, Illinois. [1] It is a member of Chicago Wilderness. [2] The board of directors is also the board of Lake County. The directors are voted into ...

  6. Kane County, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    Kane County is a county in the U.S. state of Illinois. According to the 2020 census , it has a population of 516,522, [ 2 ] making it the fifth-most populous county in Illinois. Its county seat is Geneva , [ 3 ] and its largest city is Aurora .

  7. Fabyan Villa - Wikipedia

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    Fabyan Villa was the home of George and Nelle Fabyan from c. 1908 to 1939. The house is notable because of its remodelling in 1907 by Frank Lloyd Wright.It was the centerpiece of the Fabyans country estate, which they named Riverbank.

  8. Bess Bower Dunn Museum - Wikipedia

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    Bess Bower Dunn Museum, formerly known as the Lake County Discovery Museum, is an interactive museum of history, art, and popular culture located in Libertyville, Illinois. The museum was established in 1976 in Wauconda, IL and sited in Lakewood Forest Preserve as part of the larger Lake County Forest Preserve District .

  9. Geneva, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    The Sacred Heart Seminary Shrine is a stone and mosaic religious Chapel located in Geneva. It sits next to the Kane County Government Center in the Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve along the Fox River, near the old Sacred Heart Monastery. [21] The shrine dates back to 1925 when a piece of the land along the river was sold to the Society of Jesus ...