With some awesome road trip options in the surrounding area, renting a car makes good sense. Without one, it wouldn’t be half as easy to explore everything that Quincy, 17 miles away, has to offer. Quincy Mall, Westview Golf Course and Villa Katherine Castle alone make the drive out worthwhile. The locals will also likely point you in the direction of Nauvoo, 25 miles away. If you only see one thing here, let it be Historic Nauvoo. (But we’d also recommend Nauvoo State Park and Joseph Smith Historic Site.)