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History preserved.  This is the old DuPage County Courthouse in Wheaton, Illinois.
One tree trunk is decidedly nor the same spieces as the rest, forest edge, Waterfall Glen Forest Preserve, DUPage County, Illinois
Trails loop and cross through Springbrook Prairie, a very large preserve, Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve in DuPage County, Illinois
Calico Asters are one of many very similar late summer white small flowered asters, DuPage County, Illinois
Sunrise light under lights the clouds in the opposite direction about a prairie filled with summer wildflowers like Monarda, Springbrook Prairie Forest Preserve, DuPage County, Illinois
The colors of a sunset sky are reflected in the calm surface of a marsh in DuPage County, Illinois.

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Autumn landscape: Prairie restoration near sunset, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/autumn-landscape-prairie-restoration-sunset-northern-148955165">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Footbridge over stream in winter woods, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/footbridge-stream-winter-woods-northern-illinois-133085768">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Wooden fence on farm under partly cloudy sky late in summer, northern IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/wooden-fence-farm-partly-cloudy-sky-153903620">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Winter at a glance: River with snow and ice framed by trees in foreground after a blizzard early in March, Oak Brook, IllinoisImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/winter-glance-river-snow-ice-framed-143963515">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Charred hillside after a controlled burn in spring, with new growth beginning, in a forest preserve in northern Illinois, USAImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/charred-hillside-controlled-burn-spring-new-274250990">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Climbing wild rose (botanical name: Rosa setigera) growing in a prairie thicket early in July, northern Illinois (selective focus)Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/climbing-wild-rose-botanical-name-rosa-150943829">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Sightlines on Midwestern farm maintained for public education: Wire fence between grassy fields or pasture extending to fence alongside a corn field before windbreak of treesImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/sightlines-midwestern-farm-maintained-public-education-153812885">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Sign on public farm in northern Illinois: "Do not feed anything to the animals"Image used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/sign-public-farm-northern-illinois-feed-153893609">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>
Making ends meet for public enjoyment: Early stage of reconstruction of footbridge across Salt Creek, Oak Brook, Illinois, in autumnImage used under license from Freestock.com<a href="https://www.freestock.com/free-photos/making-ends-meet-public-enjoyment-early-117587350">Image used under license from Freestock.com</a>