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There are 29 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county. Another two properties were once listed but have been removed. All but four of these are located inside the county seat, Kenosha, Wisconsin. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 14, 2025. [2]
The society also operates the historic Albee House museum. Homepage: Boone County Historical Museum: Belvidere: Boone: Northern Illinois: Local history: Operated by the Boone County Historical Society, includes 160-year-old log cabin, general store, bank, barbershop, one-room school displays: Homepage: Bradley University Galleries: Peoria ...
Union was the site of the world's first fully automatic electrical substation, on the current site of the water tower just east of Main Street. [11] Union is home to the Illinois Railway Museum and the McHenry County Historical Society. [12] It was formerly the home of Donley's Wild West Town amusement park, now closed. [13]
Kenosha County is situated on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. It is part of the Chicago metropolitan area. [4] The county has a direct rail link to Chicago via Metra's Union Pacific / North Line. In 2022, Kenosha County was ranked 16th out of 72 Wisconsin counties for tourism revenue, at $424 million in 2022. [5]
A settlement was reached in 2006, in which the museum received a $3.9 million payment, but was forced to vacate the property. It moved across the state line to a new site with a 15,000 sq ft (1,400 m 2) building in Zion, Illinois where it became the Russell Military Museum. [7]
From Chemung, IL, east to Harvard, IL, the Chicago-Chemung Railroad operates over 3.5 miles of the former KD Line where it connects a large grain elevator operation in Chemung to the UP Harvard Subdivision. In Wisconsin the KD Line, also called the Farm Line in this section, is in service by UP from Bain Station into downtown Kenosha.
The building is currently maintained by the City of Kenosha and the Kenosha County Historical Society. The keeper's house is open to the public on Saturdays and Sundays during the tourist season. The tower is open for climbers many weekends of the summer. [11] The lighthouse can be seen from Kenosha near the vicinity of 50th Street and 4th ...
Dinosaur Discovery Museum, Kenosha; Flyways Waterfowl Museum, Baraboo; James Newman Clark Bird Museum, Eau Claire; Hoard Historical Museum, Fort Atkinson; Kenosha Public Museum, Kenosha; Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee; Neville Public Museum of Brown County, Green Bay; New London Public Museum, New London; Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center ...