Newport Township, Lake County, Illinois

Rosecrans is an unincorporated community along Rosecrans Road (Illinois Route 173) just west of U.S. Route 41 in northern Lake County, Illinois, 2.0 miles (3.2 km) south of the Wisconsin state line and 7.8 miles (12.6 km) west of Lake Michigan. The community is named for American Civil War General William Starke Rosecrans. The business district is at the intersection of IL 173 and US 41, east of the residential community.

Wadsworth is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 3,517. It is named after E. S. Wadsworth, who was a major stockholder for the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad, which passes through the village.

Mill Creek is a tributary of the Des Plaines River, roughly 15 miles (24 km) long and located entirely within Lake County, Illinois. Mill Creek begins in the village of Grayslake and flows into the Des Plaines River at the 26.5 river mile within the village of Gurnee. Upkeep is done by the Lake County Forest Preserve District.

The Russell Military Museum is a military museum located in Zion, Illinois.

WPJX (1500 AM) is a radio station, licensed to Zion, Illinois, that airs a heavy metal format. The station is owned by Polnet Communications, who also owns WKTA Evanston, WNVR Vernon Hills, and WEEF Highland Park-Deerfield. The station transmits with a directional 250 watts of power from 3 towers located on the corner of Delany Road and 21st Street near Wadsworth, Illinois. The station's daytime signal serves northern Lake County, Illinois and Kenosha County, Wisconsin. WPJX was licensed to operate during daytime hours only until May 2009 when it began broadcasting 24 hours a day with a power of 250 watts daytime and 2 watts nighttime.

Eddy is an unincorporated community in Lake County, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Eddy is located at 42°27′41″N 87°53′54″W.

Russell is an unincorporated community in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The community is located on Russell Road, a few miles east of Interstate 94, and was named for industrialist and political figure Russell Sage, who was connected with the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road, later Soo Line Railroad and now, Canadian Pacific) which bisects the village. Russell is near the Wisconsin state line 5 miles (8.0 km) west of Winthrop Harbor. Russell has a post office with ZIP code 60075.

The Bristol Renaissance Faire is a Renaissance fair held in a Renaissance-themed park in the village of Bristol in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Its 30-acre site runs along the Wisconsin-Illinois state line west of Interstate 94. It recreates the visit of Queen Elizabeth I to the English port city of Bristol in 1574. The faire runs for nine weekends from early July through Labor Day.

Old Mill Creek is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. Per the 2020 census, the population was 162.

Fielders Stadium is an unfinished baseball park in Zion, Illinois. It was nicknamed "A Diamond on the Border" and "Lake County's Field of Dreams." It was the designated home of the Lake County Fielders (2009-2012) of the North American League. The ballpark was to be located on the corner of 9th Street and Green Bay Road in the Trumpet Park business park in Zion. After the Fielders baseball team folded in August 2011, they did not have a 2012 season and the stadium was never completed.

Pleasant Prairie Premium Outlets, formerly Lakeside Marketplace and Prime Outlets at Kenosha, is an open-air outlet mall in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, a suburb of Kenosha located near the border with Illinois and which is part of the greater Chicago metropolitan area. The mall sits next to Interstate 94, and is approximately 50 miles north of Chicago and 40 miles south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The mall was developed by the McArthurGlen Group, and was built in stages between 1988 and 1992. Since 2010, it has been owned by Simon Property Group and managed as part of Simon's Premium Outlets division.

Serpent Safari was a reptile zoo located inside the Gurnee Mills Mall in Gurnee, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The zoo advertised itself as "America's Finest Reptile Zoo". The zoo housed some rare specimens, including the world's heaviest snake (over 375 lbs. as of February 2010), an albino alligator, and an alligator snapping turtle estimated at a 150 years old. A gift shop offered pets, a photo area where guests could get their photos taken with a large python or boa, and a reptile zoo with guided tours. A female Burmese Python named "Baby" that lived 27 years at the Serpent Safari was confirmed by Guinness World Records as the heaviest living snake in captivity, weighing 183 kilograms (403 lb). After death, her actual length was determined to be 5.74 m (18 ft 10 in) which is the maximum length record for this species so far.