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  2. List of botanical gardens and arboretums in Illinois - Wikipedia

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  3. Santa's Village AZoosment Park - Wikipedia

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    The water park Racing Rapids was the water park attached to the north side of Santa's Village AZoosment Park. [3] When it opened, it was one of the first in the Midwest and the largest in Illinois. It was closed with the park in 2006. The water park reopened for its full season in 2021 under the name Santa Springs.

  4. Adventureland (Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    Adventureland. /  41.955972°N 88.05167°W  / 41.955972; -88.05167. Adventureland was an amusement park located in Addison, Illinois, which operated from 1961 to 1977. The land where the park is located was originally a restaurant and tavern known as Paul's Picnic Grove and, from 1958 to 1961, was a family attraction site known as ...

  5. Kiddieland Amusement Park - Wikipedia

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    Kiddieland Amusement Park (stylized as " KiDDieLAND ") was an amusement park located at the corner of North Avenue and First Avenue in Melrose Park, Illinois. It was home to several classic rides including the Little Dipper roller coaster, which opened in 1950. The park closed on September 27, 2009, and was demolished in 2010 to make way for a ...

  6. Bloomington, Illinois - Wikipedia

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    www .bloomingtonil .gov. Bloomington is a city in and the county seat of McLean County, Illinois, United States. The 2020 census showed the city had a population of 78,680, [ 5] making it the 13th-most populous city in Illinois and the fifth-most populous outside the Chicago metropolitan area. [ 6] It is adjacent to the town of Normal, and is ...

  7. Washington Park (Springfield, Illinois) - Wikipedia

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    Washington Park (Springfield, Illinois) Washington Park is a park in Springfield, Illinois, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Located at 1400 Williams Boulevard, the park features walking trails, a botanical garden, large duck pond, rose garden, carillon, and carillon concerts. The park was purchased for city use in 1900, and ...

  8. Englischer Garten - Wikipedia

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    Englischer Garten. The Englischer Garten ( German: [ˈʔɛŋlɪʃɐ ˈɡaʁtn̩], English Garden) is a large public park in the centre of Munich, Bavaria, stretching from the city centre to the northeastern city limits. It was created in 1789 by Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753–1814), later Count Rumford ( Reichsgraf von Rumford ), for Prince ...

  9. English landscape garden - Wikipedia

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    Rotunda at Stowe Gardens (1730–1738) The paintings of Claude Lorrain inspired Stourhead and other English landscape gardens.. The English landscape garden, also called English landscape park or simply the English garden (French: Jardin à l'anglaise, Italian: Giardino all'inglese, German: Englischer Landschaftsgarten, Portuguese: Jardim inglês, Spanish: Jardín inglés), is a style of ...