Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art

Oak Brook, Illinois

    In case you were wondering, lapidary means cutting and polishing gemstones and making things out of them. This museum in the Chicago suburbs is small, but full of beautiful objects. Some of the exhibits are of items carved from jade and other precious stones. Others hightlight the stones themselves. And there are some mosaics! It only takes about an hour to go through, and there is a nice gift shop.