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Located on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River, its iconic and newly renovated dome was lighted as of October 2011. Putnam Museum in Davenport; Quad City Botanical Center in Rock Island; Quad Cities Waterfront Convention Center, located in Bettendorf; RiverCenter/Adler Theatre, a convention and performing-arts complex in Davenport.
Tinley Park station in September 2016. / 41.5758; -87.7828. Tinley Park is a commuter railroad station along Metra 's Rock Island District line in Tinley Park, Illinois. The station is 23.5 miles (37.8 km) from LaSalle Street Station, the northern terminus of the line. [2] As of 2018, Tinley Park is the 57th busiest of Metra's 236 non-downtown ...
February 26, 1970. Tower Rock, also known as Grand Tower, is a rock formation and landmark island in the Mississippi River, in Brazeau Township, Perry County, Missouri, near the town of Wittenberg, Missouri, and across the river from Grand Tower, Illinois. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1970.
The Mississippi National River and Recreation Area is a 72-mile (116 km) and 54,000-acre (22,000 ha) protected corridor along the Mississippi River through Minneapolis–Saint Paul in the U.S. state of Minnesota, from the cities of Dayton and Ramsey to just downstream of Hastings. This stretch of the upper Mississippi River includes natural ...
The Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge is a 240,000-acre (970 km 2 ), [2] 261-mile long (420 km) National Wildlife Refuge located in and along the Upper Mississippi River. It runs from Wabasha, Minnesota in the north to Rock Island, Illinois in the south. ( United States Fish and Wildlife Service)
Lock and Dam No. 15 is a lock and dam located on the Upper Mississippi River.It spans the river between Rock Island, Illinois and Davenport, Iowa.Lock and Dam 15 is the largest roller dam in the world, its dam is 1,203 feet (366.7 m) long and consists of nine 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible, non-overflow roller gates and two 109 feet (33.2 m) non-submersible overflow roller gates.
Mississippi Palisades State Park. / 42.13835°N 90.15902°W / 42.13835; -90.15902. Mississippi Palisades State Park is a National Natural Landmark located in Carroll County, Illinois, just north of the town of Savanna. It is a partially conserved section of the Mississippi Palisades. The area contains many caves and large cliffs along ...
Crow Wing State Park is a state park of Minnesota, United States, at the confluence of the Mississippi and Crow Wing Rivers. The park interprets the site of Old Crow Wing, one of the most populous towns in Minnesota in the 1850s and 1860s. The entire park was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1970. A section of the Red River ...