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