SOME OTHER NEARBY PLACES OF INTEREST:

The Cuneo Museum and Gardens in Vernon Hills

Ravinia's outdoor concert grounds in Highland Park

Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg

Lake County Discovery Museum in Wauconda

Long Grove Confectionery Outlet Store at Buffalo Grove location. Group packages: include chocolate factory tour and, just 8 minutes away, lunch and shopping in Long Grove's Historic Business District with how-to or hands-on workshops. For arrangements call the Long Grove Visitor's Center at (847) 634-0888 (www.longgrove.com)

The Long Grove Confectionery Company offers a year 'round Chocolate Factory Tour of our production facility in Buffalo Grove. Come and experience the one hour personally guided tour to see first hand how our unique and delicious chocolates are created and packaged. Only 7 minutes from Historic Long Grove. Reservations are required. Call (847) 459-3100 for information and reservations. (www.longgrove.com)

For the golf afficianados out there, there's Kemper Lakes Golf Course, The 18-hole championship course, carved out of vast lake country, is as beautiful as it is challenging. It's located on Old McHenry Road in Long Grove, (847) 320-3450