Originally Posted by
balima
This past Saturday, Mrs Willie & I took the 4 hour Estate Tour.
Well worth it.
We stayed in Madison on Friday night. Taliesen is about an hour's drive west of Madison.
Springfield is a 3-hr train ride (about 3 hrs 15 mins) on high speed rail. You can see Lincoln's Presidential museum, the Old State Capitol, the new state capitol, Lincoln's home and law office. Oh, and non-Lincoln related stuff. There is a Hilton right downtown, with free shuttle to the Amtrak station or $8 parking if you drive.
Mrs Willie & I visited Springfield IL a couple years ago, I was thrilled at how good Lincoln's Museum was. Great to tour the other places as well.
there is also a Frank Lloyd Wright home in Springfield, the Dana Thomas House
http://www.dana-thomas.org/
We dined at a gastro pub and also a Vietnamese place. Can't recall name of Vietnamese place but the gastro pub is right downtown: Obed & Isaacs
http://www.connshospitalitygroup.com...8/Default.aspx
A tip on when to go is the weekend prior to Thanksgiving as there were VERY few other tourists. We were the only people in our "group" for a tour of the state capital building.
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