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Fall

Scenic Drives
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Little Toot Railroad

Ride the rails and experience train travel as it was decades ago on a 15-inch-gauge Crown steam locomotive that runs through Charley Brown Park.

CITY: Flora

Clay County Museum

Housed in the old county jail, this museum is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

CITY: Louisville

Albion Public Library

Established in 1819, the oldest public library in Illinois houses many original books brought here by English settlers.

CITY: Albion

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