Willoughby Heritage Farm is a recreation facility that educates visitors about the family farm of the 1920-1950s, the region’s plant and animal life, and geological history. The farm features over three miles of trails, a 1940s-style garden, the original farm house, two restored barns and period farm equipment. Goats, chickens and rabbits, as well as local wildlife, call Willoughby home.

This 46-acre nature center is made up of wetlands, tall grass prairie, and upland forests and features a 3,000-foot wheelchair-accessible pathway, wood-chipped trails, 2 observation towers, a wildlife viewing blind, an outdoor amphitheater, and a Welcome Center.

The Glen Carbon Heritage Museum is housed in a building that was built in 1914 as a school house. In its past, the building has served as a school, WWII scrap metal collection center, Blood Bank, Civil Defense Building, Village Administration offices, Police Station, Doctor’s offices, Teen Town, and a Library before serving its current purpose to educate visitors on Glen Carbon’s rich history.

In 1919, two young Glen Carbon men were killed in France during World War I. In November 1920 the Doughboy Statue honoring Emil Trentaz and Harry G. Seaton was erected to stand guard over their graves. The statue was restored by the Glen Carbon Historical and Museum Commission and rededicated in September 2017 one hundred years after the entry of the United States into World War I.

Giant earthen mounds, the remains of a prehistoric Native American civilization, are being preserved at this site. An interpretative center, tours and events help visitors explore the fascinating culture that disappeared around 1400 A.D.

The Great River Road (Highway 100) crosses the Illinois River at Hardin. Linking Calhoun and Greene Counties is the vertical lift Joe Page Bridge with a lift span of 308 feet 9 inches long. A vertical lift bridge uses a system of counterweights and cables to raise an inner section. This section remains horizontal as it is raised upward, allowing river traffic to pass beneath the bridge.

The McCully Heritage Project was created by an endowment by the late Howard and Eva McCully and its focus is on cultural and environmental enjoyment, education, and preservation. Located about 1 mile south of the Kampsville Free Ferry off of the Great River Road, the Project consists of 940 acres encompassing woodlands, prairie, wetlands, and agricultural land.

The historic Kamp Store, recently restored thanks to grant support, serves as home for the CAA Visitor's Center. Named to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994, the Kamp Store was a center of economic life along the rural river way. The Visitor’s Center displays exhibits and artifacts that document the prehistory of the lower Illinois River Valley.

Located 4.5 miles west of the Brussels Free Ferry in Calhoun County on County Road 1, The Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge (formerly the Brussels District of the Mark Twain National Wildlife Refuge) was established in 1958 and consists of 8,498 acres. The Refuge lies near the confluence of the Mississippi and Illinois rivers.

Located in the Elsah Village Hall, which was erected in 1887, and operated by the Village of Elsah and the Historic Elsah Foundation, the Village of Elsah Museum covers the history of the town from its founding by James Semple in 1853. Visitors will find exhibits covering the varied architectural styles found throughout the town, Principia College and nearby New Piasa Chautauqua.

The TreeHouse Wildlife Center sits on approximately eight beautiful acres near the rural town of Dow. It's become an ideal environment for injured or orphaned animals that need time to recuperate. The property features large outdoor cages for raptors such as eagles, hawks, and owls and mammals like coyotes, indoor havens for permanents residents, and a pond for waterfowl.

Alton's "Gentle Giant," Robert P. Wadlow, grew to an enormous height due to an overactive pituitary gland. At the time of his death in 1940 he was 8', 11.1" tall making him the world’s tallest person in history, according to the Guinness Book of Records. A life-size bronze statue of Wadlow is situated the grounds of SIUE’s Dental School across the street from the Alton Museum of History and Art.

The Lewis and Clark Community College is the site of a statue honoring Sacagawea, the 15-year old Shoshone Indian who joined the Corps of Discovery in the Mandan villages of what is now North Dakota. The statue was sculpted from a manganese, copper and bronze mixture by Glenna Goodacre who also crafted the design of the new Sacagawea dollar.

The Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary illustrates a balanced management approach between sustaining the Mississippi river as a national transportation corridor and recognizing the environmental attributes of the area. The project utilizes the river's continuing influence to create bottomland wet prairie and marsh akin to that which existed prior to the introduction of European settlers.