Oak Brook Illinois Attractions

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Historic Pleasant Home (circa 1897)
  217 South Home Avenue • Oak Brook, IL 60302
  Oak Park
  708-383-2654
  Built by prominent Prairie-school architect George W. Maher, this opulent and distinctive 30 room... more...  map

• Peabody Mansion Estate (circa 1919)
  1717 West Thirty-First Street • Oak Brook, IL 60523
  630-850-2360
  Located on the 90 acre Mayslake Forest Preserve, this magnificent 39 room Tudor Gothic mansion is... more...

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Graue Mill and Museum (circa 1852)
  3800 South York Road • Oak Brook, IL 60522
  630-655-2090
  Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, Graue Mill is the only operating waterwheel... more...  map

• Lisle Station Park
  921 School Street • Lisle, IL 60532
  630-968-0499
  This park was created for the community's historic train deport and features an 1874 CB&Q railroad... more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• Czechoslovak Heritage Museum
  122 West Twenty-Second Street • Oak Brook, IL 60523
  630-472-0500
  Highlighting the history and culture of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, this museum contains a... more...

• Elmhurst Art Museum
  150 Cottage Hill • Oak Brook, IL 60126
  Elmhurst
  630-834-0202
  Award-winning museum that is known for the on site Ludwig Mies van der Rohe McCormick house and... more...  map

• Elmhurst Historical Museum
  120 East Park Avenue • Oak Brook, IL 60126
  Elmhurst
  630-833-1457
  Changing interpretive exhibits on Elmhurst's history, as well as national touring exhibits, are... more...  map

• Ernest Hemingway Museum and Birthplace
  200 North Oak Park Avenue • Oak Brook, IL 60302
  Oak Park
  708-848-2222
  Focusing on Hemingway's first 20 years spent in Oak Park, this museum and Victorian home where... more...  map

• Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art
  220 Cottage Hill • Oak Brook, IL 60126
  Wilder Park, Located in Elmhurst
  630-833-1616
  A one-of-a-kind museum that features displays of Chinese jade and other hard stone carvings, as... more...  map

• Theatre Historical Society of America
  152 North York • Oak Brook, IL 60126
  York Theatre Building, 2nd floor, Elmhurst
  630-782-1800
  Dedicating to preserving and remembering historic theaters, this historical society provides a... more...  map

Parks, Gardens & Zoos

• Morton Arboretum
  4100 Illinois Route 53 • Oak Brook, IL 60532
  Located in Lisle
  630-968-0074
  Magnificent 1,700-acre arboretum and botanical garden highlighting trees and other plants from... more...  map