Commune with nature and explore the great outdoors at Apple Canyon Lake during your travels in Apple River. While you're in the area, wander around the parks.

Explore the great outdoors at Mississippi Palisades State Park, a lovely green space in Savanna. While you're in the area, stroll along the riverfront.

Retrace the daily life of Ulysses S. Grant in his Galena home, where he and his family lived between the Civil War and their move to the White House.

Learn about the fascinating Elihu Washburne, who helped shaped American politics during and after the Civil War, at his stately brick home in Galena.

Most of this lavish mansion and its landscaped gardens are open for tours so you can appreciate its glorious Italianate design.

Enjoy the sun in this small but beautiful park, which is scattered with colorful flowerbeds, historic monuments and shaded picnic areas.