Galena, IL

united states

Galena sits in northwest Illinois near the Wisconsin border, surrounded by rolling hills and bluffs above the Galena River. Most visitors drive US-20 from Rockford or connect via US-52 from the north, while locals use Route 84 along the Mississippi corridor. This former lead mining boomtown preserved over 85 percent of its Victorian-era buildings, with 1,100 structures on the National Register of Historic Places.