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Urbana, Illinois

Everything Urbana is known for

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Music in Urbana

Songs About Urbana

Red Solo Cup
Toby Keith
4%
"red Solo cup is the best receptacle"

Rivers & Roads in Song near Urbana

Songs written about the waterways and highways that run near Urbana.

Everything Near Urbana

5 stories, landmarks & places within ~20 miles — the same local lore RoadyGoat plays as you drive through.

  • Lincoln the Lawyer · 0.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Before he led the nation, Abraham Lincoln walked these very grounds as a lawyer, riding the circuit. This statue commemorates that chapter of his life. It's called "Lincoln the Lawyer," sculpted by Lorado Taft and…

  • Morrow Plots · 1.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Ever wonder how we learned to feed the world? Right here in Champaign, you're near the Morrow Plots, the oldest experimental agricultural field in the United States. Back in 1876, the University of Illinois established…

  • Astronomical Observatory (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) · 1.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Peer into the past at this historic observatory, where astronomers once gazed at the cosmos. Imagine it's 1896. The University of Illinois builds this observatory, designed by Charles A. Gunn. Inside, scientists begin…

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · 1.6 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Get ready to learn about a place that started with a dream in 1867! This is the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the flagship campus of the whole University of Illinois system. It all started when the Illinois…

  • Orpheum Theatre (Champaign, Illinois) · 2.5 mi · Scraped Hmdb

    Get this: one of the most famous theater design firms in America built this spot for both live shows and movies! In 1914, the Orpheum Theater, designed by Rapp & Rapp, opened here in Champaign. But get this, there was…

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