Missouri Hick: A tasty barbecue restaurant on Route 66

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Every time I eat at Missouri Hick Bar B Que I have to do a taste test of all six sauces. The winner is always Sweet n Smoky, but I still have to try Original, Honey, Spicy Sweet, Spicy and Smoky anyway. Not too much sauce, though. I don’t want to drown out the wild cherry smoked flavor of the meats. Read more

Fabyan Forest Preserve: Frank Lloyd Wright, Japanese Garden, Windmill

Connie Attractions & Events, Illinois May 19, 2013May 19, 2024Fabyan Forest Preserve, Fabyan Japanese Garden, Fabyan Villa, Fabyan Windmill, forest preserve, forest preserves, Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Lloyd Wright home Geneva, Geneva, Japanese Garden 2 Comments

We normally associate forest preserves with nature, hiking and maybe fishing. The Fabyan Forest Preserve in Geneva, Illinois, along the Fox River, has all of that. But it is also home to a Frank Lloyd Wright renovated villa, a Japanese garden and an 1800s windmill. The Fabyan estate, Riverbank, was once home to Colonel George Fabyan, a textiles heir, and his wife Nelle. The estate was sold to the Forest Preserve District of Kane County in 1937, after the couple passed on. Today you can tour the home, garden and windmill, which have all been restored to their original condition. Read more

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Missouri Hick: A tasty barbecue restaurant on Route 66

Fabyan Forest Preserve: Frank Lloyd Wright, Japanese Garden, Windmill