Buchanan Center for the Arts
A historic downtown gallery and arts hub, funded by a local woman's estate in 1989 to keep arts education open to everyone.
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Citizens Lake
A 26-acre city lake with fishing, a boat launch, and shoreline trails.
Gibson Woods Golf Course
An 18-hole public course cut through the wooded, rolling hills of Monmouth Park. narrow, tree-lined, and open since 1966.
Historic Churches
Neo-Gothic brick sanctuaries and century-old congregations within a few blocks of downtown and the oldest dates to 1834.
Historic Downtown Monmouth
A federally recognized historic district with 63 buildings around the Warren County Courthouse, some dating to the 1850s.
Historic Homes of Monmouth
ix National Register and landmark homes, from an 1867 college president's residence to the birthplaces of two national sororities.
Monmouth City Hall
A 1916 former bank building at Broadway and Main, now home to the city government.
Stoneware Museum of Monmouth
A private collection of 1,200+ pieces tracing Monmouth's century as a major stoneware pottery center, including the original Maple City brand.
Warren County History Museum
Free county history museum with exhibits on farm life, the Civil War, and Nizie a magician's elephant with a legend of its own.
Warren Couny Public Library
A library with roots to 1868, and a real claim to fame: the plaque out front calls it the first building in Illinois given for a public library.
Wyatt Earp Birthplace
The Greek Revival house where lawman Wyatt Earp was born in 1848. Now a preserved short-term rental on the National Register.