16 Most Beautiful Places to Visit in Illinois by a Local (2023)

1. Burden Falls

2. Great River Road

3. Chicago Harbor Lighthouse

4. Matthiessen State Park

5. Holy Name Cathedral

6. Starved Rock State Park

7. Galena

8. Starved Rock canyons

9. Grosse Pointe Lighthouse

10. Chicago Riverwalk

11. Giant City State Park

12. Shawnee National Forest

13. Rockford

14. Leaning Tower

15. Central Illinois

16. Garden of the Gods