Places to see and hear stories: Gies Memorial Stadium - three historic round barns - Cunningham Children’s Home 1895-present - 1867 Italianate Solon House (rents for $4,500 a month or purchase for $1,200,000) - UI President’s House that will no longer be the President’s House as of June, 2027 - Champaign County’s four Courthouses - tranquil Japan House - Roger Ebert’s childhood home - Cattle Bank founded 1858 is now Champaign County History Museum. Smaller places of interest will be described along the way.

Travel to Norway to see The Fram, Ra, Kon Tiki, and 1000 year old Viking ships. Walk among Vigeland’s playful statues at Frogner Park. Then to Sweden to see the Wasa which was a 1600’s war ship that sank 20 minutes after it was launched and Carl Milles’ airy art work. End in Denmark to see the Little Mermaid, Tivoli, Titania’s Doll House at LegoLand, and 1800’s Harold Bluetooth statue.

See Avaignon – Palace of Popes 1309 -1377. Napoleon’s tomb is located in 7 vaults. Eiffel Tower. Joan of Arc. Venus de Milo and the Louvre. Fairy Castles as Hunting Lodges in the Loire Valley – Chambroid, Chaumont, Amboise (Leonardo de Vinci is buried here). See Fontevraud Abbey where Richard the Lion Hearted is buried. Quick glance at Utah Beach, Cemetery at Omaha and Battle of Hastings.