The Fabyan Windmill at 2 am, January 2016, in the fog

The restored Fabyan Windmill located in Geneva, Illinois.

Read about the amazing restoration of the windmill that was done in the nick of time by old world craftsmen, here. I find it somewhat disappointing that the Fabyan Windmill doesn't grind and that there are no demonstrations of it grinding wheat into flour. There was a bakery in the basement, a novel idea for a mill. The windmill is part of the once 300-acre estate of George and Nell Fabyan that they called "Riverbank." Across the river is thei "Fabyan villa," which was remodeled by Frank Lloyd Wright. Across the street (Route 31) from that is Riverbank Laboratories, the first ever privately funded scientific research facility.

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