SeasonalAn Apple Picking Day in Northwest Illinois
Pick your way into fall at two Northwest Illinois orchards, where fresh apples, cider donuts and easygoing country days are ripe for the taking.
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SeasonalMeet the Pawpaw: Illinois’ Native Fruit Festival
Get a taste of fall at Paw Paw’s 3rd PawPaw Festival, celebrating Illinois’ native fruit with food, music, and small-town fun.
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SeasonalSmall-Town Christmas: Holiday Traditions Across Northwest Illinois
A tree lighting in Sterling, a house tour in Mount Carroll, a lantern-lit village in Fulton and fifty decorated trees in Savanna: four small-town holiday traditions across four counties in a single December stretch.
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SeasonalA Small-Town Christmas Weekend in Savanna
Cut a tree, browse a museum full of decorated trees, walk Savanna’s Main Street, and spend a cold clear morning above the Mississippi at the Palisades.
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