Little Italian House also known as La Piccolla Casa is a house that was believed to have been built in 1921. The Ricauda family owned the house from 1923 to 1971. It was then sold to Joseph P. Beno. In 1979, The L.I.F.T. committee purchased the house. Martha Costello's efforts to preserve the house led to it being open to the public in 1979. The house features a garden, Italian immigrant photos, furniture and household products.

Immigrant Square is a square created to represent those who have immigrated to Clinton. In 1973, the statue of a man, who Joe Airola called Luigi, was created. Later, a coal fountain was constructed in front of Luigi. The Bull's head, also called Il Toro, is a drinking fountain created by Joe Airola. Joe envisioned this statue and with the help of his brother-in-law presented the concept to the Mayor of Turin. Airola felt that the bull was a symbol of Turin, a major city located in the Piedmont area in northern Italy.

At the February 1966 meeting of the Clinton Lions Club, a proposal was made to build an attractive planter at Elm and Water Streets. This spot was then occupied by a road barrier; when a new Wabash River bridge was built a short distance to the south, the barrier had been erected to prevent drivers from using the old roadway. A first project estimate was set at approximately $300 and a committee named to investigate the possibilities. At about the same time, an area television station asked the Clinton Chamber of Commerce to submit a representative photograph that could be used on broadcasts to community at a glance. A photographer from Daily Clintonian was asked to provide the image, and because he was also a member of the Lions Club project committee, he prompted the publication of several newspaper articles citing Clinton's lack of identity and urging cooperation with the Lions' proposed project. Readers responded with a variety of suggestions, which included connections with the city's history of coal mining and its current wealth of Italian restaurants. Members of the Lions' committee considered the various proposals, chose an Italian theme, and decided to abandon the planter idea; to them, the Italian theme seemed natural because a neighborhood in the city's north had been heavily Italian earlier in the city's history. As the Lions began to prepare for the festival, they invited representatives of other local organizations to participate, and approximately thirty groups were represented at the next planning meeting. Amid sketches of suggested fountains, planters, speaker-band platforms, and general Old World scenic settings, the delegates chose the name "Project LIFT"; the latter word was meant to be an acronym for "Little Italy Festival Town" as well as indicating the delegates' hope that the festival would give their community a lift. The fountain was the first project of LIFT and is the focal point of the festival. You can find this fountain on Water Street looking over the Wabash River!

Erected in 1967 by LIFT as a gateway to Little Italy.

​The Coal Town Museum contains displays including a model coal mine, actual video footage taken in Big Oak Coal Mine, pictures and artifacts to show how men would work in the mines. The Railroad Museum displays pictures, memorabilia and artifacts of the local railroad. In 2002, MSI Construction of Clinton, completed the historical renovation of the Clinton Chicago & Eastern Illinois Passenger Depot. Constructed 1910 in the Renaissance Revival/Craftsman style is located at 227 Vine Street in Clinton. It is a contributing building within the Clinton Downtown Commercial Historic District which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2000 under Criterion A. The one-story brick building features a foundation of ranged field stone, rock faced with a natural cement mortar. Its windows are round arched with fanlights. Inside, the building included men’s and women’s waiting rooms, the station master’s office, telegrapher’s post, restrooms, separated from the passenger baggage area.

The museum displays numerous authentic wine presses, barrels, crocks and jugs that were used by local residents, and a pair of grape stomping boots worn by a past Re! Did you also know that Immigrant Miners Society once met upstairs and used it as dance hall?

The Mercato displays furnishings, products and decorations from the past. Some of the products and decorations you’ll find here are old scales, coolers, cash register, heat stove, showcase, shopping carts, coffee grinder, and a Coke box! This is also one of our great food stops. Here you can get the tasty volpi salami, cheese, and cannolis during the festival!

The Gondola was handmade and imported from Venice, Italy in 1966. Visitors were also able to take a ride on the Wabash from 1967-1979! Now our famous Gondola, parades though town every festival carring the Queen of Grapes and the Re and Regina!