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The Unity Temple, located in Oak Park, is one of Frank LLoyd Wright's masterpieces; nearby is is onetime home and studio, which visitors can tour.
Frank Lloyd Wright Sites
A friendly inhabitant of the Brookfield Zoo.
Brookfield Zoo


Carefully pruned Riverside is full of exciting 19th-Century architecture.
Riverside


An unusual strip mall in Berwyn features large sculptures, such as a pile of cars seemingly skewered on a pole.
Cermak Plaza
(Berwyn)

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Also:
Hemingway Sites
(Oak Park)
Cicero
River Forest
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Western Suburbs (Geneva Line) Elmhurst College Elmhurst Art Museum Czechoslovak Heritage Museum
(Oak Brook)		 Peabody Estate
(Oak Brook)		  
           

Western Suburbs
(Aurora Line)
Hinsdale is an elegant Western Chicagoland Suburb with many stately buildings.
Hinsdale




Western Springs Water Tower

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Also:
Little Red Schoolhouse
(La Grange)
Legge Lodge (Hinsdale)
Downers Grove
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Far West
Suburbs


The Morton Arboretum in Lisle, long a cetner of conservation, recently completed a new visitor's center that has an appealing dialogue with its natural environment
Morton Arboretum
(Lisle)


Cantigny
(Winfield)

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Also:
Wheaton College
Wheaton
Glen Ellyn
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Fox River Valley

Kane County Courthouse (Geneva)

Hotel Baker
(St. Charles)

St. Charles Riverfront

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Also:
Old Mill (Geneva)
Fermilab / Batavia
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