Peoria Industry & Historical Tour

Rich in history, Peoria is a river city industrialized by the technological advances of manufacturing, transportation and agrigulture. This tour offers non-stop entertainment while showing you a little bit of everything! 

Featuring: Caterpillar Inc., the world’s leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines and industrial gas turbines. 

DAY ONE

Peoria Historical Society: Pettingill-Morron & Flanagan Home Tours.

Wheels O Time Museum: This museum represents transportation, industry, farm and home life, as well as entertainment, from times past. The museum has a multitude of exhibits showing life 50 to 100 years ago. Many displays are visitor-activated. The museum is owned by 55 collectors.

- LUNCH -

Peoria Historical Society: River City Tour (Historical Driving Tour of Peoria).

Caterpillar Inc. Tour: Assembly of a tractor from start to finish.

- DINNER -

Peoria Players Theatre: (if show is available) Peoria’s first community theatre! In continuous operation since 1919, making the theatre the oldest continuously running community theatre in Illinois, and the fourth oldest in the nation.

Other Show Possibilities: Peoria Civic Center, Conklin’s Barn II Dinner Theater, Corn Stock Theatre, and the Eastlight Theatre.

DAY TWO

- Breakfast at Hotel -

Peoria Journal Star Plant Tour: Peoria’s largest newspaper offers hour-long group tours of their printing facility. The tour includes mechanical, business and editorial aspects of the newspaper and gives a basic overview of publishing a newspaper from news gathering to finished product.

Spirit of Peoria Lunch Cruise: Turn-of-the-century paddle wheeler powered by two (2) Caterpillar diesel engines.

Enjoy a stroll and shop along the Peoria RiverFront and tour the Illinois Antique Center.

Tour the Luthy Botanical Garden & Rain Forest. 

For More information or to book your tour contact the Peoria Area Convention and Visitors Bureau at 1-800-747-0302.