The Great American Road Trip Challenge~4.5 years · 48 states · one loop
The Upper Midwest & Great Lakes

Stop 19 · Days 671–672

Galena

Galena, IL

A gorgeously preserved Victorian river town in Illinois's hilly northwest corner — and the home Ulysses S. Grant left to win the Civil War.

Where to stay

  • A historic Main Street inn

    In the Victorian old town.

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You gotta eat this

  • Local wine & a Main Street dinner

    In the 19th-century downtown.

The days here

Each day opens its own hour-by-hour page

  1. 671Day 671 — Main Street & GrantFull day · 4h planned
  2. 672Day 672 — South to SpringfieldDrive day · 3h 30m drive

What this stop is made of

  • Museums & History