Carl Sandburg spent a lifetime exploring what it meant to be an American and asked the eternal questions, "Who am I, where am I going and where have I been?"
He did this through poetry, song, lectures, writing and lasting friendships with kindred spirits.
Explore Sandburg's legacy and Experience Your America.
Suggestions For Your Visit
We suggest spending 2 1/2 hours to enjoy the site. Take a half-hour guided house tour ($5 fee), visit the dairy goat barn and stroll over five miles of trails that the Sandburg family enjoyed.
Imagine It! a Website for Kids of All Ages
Carl Sandburg learned a lot about America by riding the rails.
Jump aboard! Now you can choose your route and earn a clue and maybe you will learn a thing or two about this man with hair of white who wrote about Americans' plights for rights and other such things that needed a poet's words to win the fight.
Temperate with temperatures ranging from high twenties Fahrenheit in the winter months to high eighties in the summer months. Humidity levels vary throughout the year tending to be higher in the morning hours. Monthly precipitation averages three inches, which is a little over the U.S. average.
