Famous Gene Stratton-Porter 
The famous Gene Stratton-Porter State Historic Site is nestled on 125-acres of lakefront property on Sylvan Lake with formal gardens and Gene's historic Limberlost North cabin with views of Sylvan Lake's "Big Island." Gene referred to her view of Sylvan's Big Island, as her million-dollar view;
Beauty which inspired many of Gene's famous novels,
poetry
and nature photography.