Hollywood Boulevard
The Hollywood Boulevard movie theater in Woodridge is a movie-going experience like no other. Its huge, meticulously designed theater is filled with leather high-back chairs and small, intimate tables, and movie-goers enjoy full table service at their seats all night long. Food offerings range from traditional movie snacks to gourmet dinners, and beer, wine and cocktails are served.
Hollywood Boulevard
1001 W. 75th St.
Woodridge, IL 60517
(630) 427-1880
atriptothemovies.com
Morton Arboretum
If the weather is nice, you may want to consider a trip to the Morton Arboretum in Lisle. More than 4,000 distinct tree and shrub species grow on this 1,700 acre site, creating a whimsical natural backdrop for a perfect afternoon walk. You can also explore a one-acre garden maze, dine in the arboretum's restaurant and view displays in the visitor's center.
Morton Arboretum
4100 Illinois Rte. 53
Lisle, IL 60532
(630) 968-0074
mortonarb.org
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
Oak Park, just west of the Chicago city limits, is where the renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright lived during the beginning of his career. The inside of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio has been restored to appear as it did in 1909, the last year Wright lived and worked there. Wright treated this home as his own personal architectural laboratory, and now curious visitors can closely examine his innovative concepts via daily historical tours.
The Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio
951 Chicago Ave.
Oak Park, IL 60302
(708) 848-1606
wrightplus.org
Cantigny Garden and Museums
The Cantigny Garden and Museums is a huge complex of attractions in Wheaton, Illinois. The grounds contain the First Infantry Division Museum and the McCormick Museum, which contains exhibits on the eventful life of former Chicago Tribune publisher and WWI Colonel Robert R. McCormick, who donated the Cantigny property to Illinois. Other points of interest include elaborate gardens, playgrounds, restaurants and a golf course.
Cantigny Garden and Museums
1S151 Winfield Rd.
Wheaton, IL 60189
(630) 668-5161
cantigny.org
Sycamore Speedway
Sycamore Speedway in Maple Park is a great place to spend a nice evening---if you don't mind getting a little dirty. This clay oval track hosts mostly amateur stock car racing and demolition derbies, and it maintains a packed schedule from April to October. The races tend to kick up lots of dirt and send bits of mud flying into the grandstands, but to the hundreds of locals and tourists who flock in for the famous demolition derbies, it's well worth the extra laundry.
Sycamore Speedway
50W086 Route 64
Maple Park, IL 60151
(815) 895-5454
sycamorespeedway.com
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