Editing LaSalle, Illinois (section)

===Tourism===
Tourism in the area is driven by [[Starved Rock State Park]], [[Matthiessen State Park]], [[Buffalo Rock State Park]] & [[Illinois and Michigan Canal|I&M Canal National Heritage Area]]. There are several museums in and near LaSalle:

* I&M Canal National Heritage Area Visitor Center & LaSalle Canal Boat, also called "Lock 16" (there are only 15 locks on the I&M Canal). In the Lock 14 basin, just south of downtown La Salle is the Volunteer, an 1880s replica Canal Boat. It provides a mule-pulled ride on the historic Illinois & Michigan Canal. The one-hour, round-trip journey traverses the hand-dug waterway that 19th-century pioneers traveled. The guides, dressed as Canal Era crew and passengers, provide a vignette of life on the American frontier and the Illinois prairie.
* Hegeler-Carus Mansion. The mansion, built in 1874 for the Hegeler Family by [[William W. Boyington|W. W. Boyington]], is a lavish Victorian-era home with 57 rooms, 10 fireplaces, the oldest private gymnasium in America and a dining room table seating 22 people. The mansion features intricate, hand-painted walls and ceilings, elaborate woodwork, century-old chandeliers, parquet floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, etched glass windows and other fine details.
* Westclox Museum
* LaSalle County Historical Society Museum
* Starved Rock Visitor Center
* Illinois Waterway Visitor Center
* [[Wild Bill Hickok Memorial]]
* Putnam County Pulsifer House & Ag Museum

Downtown LaSalle is a historic district with many historical structures and shops and boutiques catering to tourists.

LaSalle has several National Historical Structures: [[Hotel Kaskaskia]], the [[Hegeler-Carus Mansion]], the Julius W. Hegeler House, and the LaSalle City Building. LaSalle has a National Historic Landmark: the Hegeler Carus Mansion.