Galena Historic District

Illinois · United States of America

Galena Historic District, United States of America
Photo: IvoShandor, CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons

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Best time to go
autumn
Budget
$$
Accessibility
limited
Coordinates
Open in maps

The riverfront town of Galena preserves a remarkably intact 19th-century streetscape of brick storefronts and hillside mansions from its lead-mining boom. Ulysses S. Grant once lived here, and his home is now a museum.

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