DeKalb

• Northern Illinois University

• Blackwell History-Education Museum

  phone: +1 815 753-1236
  At Northern Illinois University.

• Ellwood House Museum and Park

  address: 509 N 1st St

• DeKalb County Forest Preserves

• River Heights Golf Course

  phone: +1 815 758-1550

• Buena Vista Golf Course

  phone: +1 815 758-4812

• Prairie Pines Golf Club

  phone: +1 815 758-5249

• South Pointe Golf Course

  phone: +1 815 758-5636

• Hopkins Park Pool and Community Center

  phone: +1 815 758-6663
  address: 1403 Sycamore Rd

Festivals

• Annual DeKalb Corn FestMid-August, on Route 38 (Lincoln Highway). (2008: 31st year, Friday, August 22 through Sunday, August 24). One of the few remaining free music festivals in Illinois with over 100,000 people from around the Midwest attending. Free admission and parking.

• This festival features a carnival complete with rides and games, food booths, live music, craft show, kiddie korner with large inflatables, and family entertainment. Friday night is carnival wristband nights for the kids with unlimited rides from 6-10pm. Festival areas feature booths, craft fest and a beer garden

Annual DeKalb Kite Festmid September, at Northern Illinois University
2009-September 13th from 11-4pm
This festival features many kites that are over 100ft. in length and boasts kites that are actually five stories high. Enjoy dancing kites, stunt kites, fighting kites, and other specialty kites that change on an annual basis. There are games, family entertainment, food, and wide open spaces. Festival features a candy-drop and kite making for kids.

• Thai Pavilion

  phone: +1 815-756-6445
  address: 131 E Lincoln Hwy
  Delicious authentic Thai cuisine with abundant fresh vegetables: Spicy Basil, Mixed Vegetables, Spicy Eggplant, Massaman Curry, to name a few. Appetizers are exceptionally tasty: Chicken Satay, Crying Tiger, Fresh Lime Chicken, Shrimp in blankets, Thai Custard.
• Happy Wok 1190 W Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115     Delicious fresh Chinese food.

• Best Western DeKalb Inn & Suites

  phone: +1 815 758-8661
  address: 1212 W Lincoln Highway