East of the Danada Forest Preserve near Wheaton lies a 37-acre horse farm that has belonged to the Bolger family for 56 years.
The DuPage County Forest Preserve District has tried to buy the Gladstone.
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The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is planning extensive repairs to the Danada House, the former country mansion of Dan and Ada Rice, a philanthropic couple who trained a Kentucky Derby winner at their rural retreat between Wheaton and Naperville.
Hotshot birders call them megas, as in mega-rarity the once-in-a-lifetime events that send dedicated watchers racing for their binoculars. What are your chances, say, of spotting a painted redstart in Illinois? Almost zero.
There are hiking gems to be found within three hours of Chicago that aren’t as urban as the North Branch River Trail or as crowded as Starved Rock State Park in Utica.