Hyrum and Joseph Smith, Nauvoo, IL

Bishop Hill, IL. Neat playground gear. I haven't seen equipment like this since I was a kid.

Bishop Hill, IL was founded by a group of Swedes seeking to form a communal Utopia on the prairie

The Latter Day Saints temple in Nauvoo, Illinois​

Burpee Museum of Natural History, Rockford, IL

Heritage Canyon, Fulton, IL

Burpee Museum of Natural History

Apple River Fort, Elizabeth, IL

View of Elizabeth, IL from Apple River Fort

Midway Village Museum, Rockford, IL

A "duplex" at Lincoln's New Salem historic site

Tufted titmouse

Starved Rock State Park, Utica, IL