Carle Park in Urbana contains a bronze statue by Lorado Taft depicting the young Abraham Lincoln as a circuit lawyer — not the bearded president of the Civil War memorials, but the lean, sharp-featured young man who practiced law across central Illinois in the 1840s. Taft was the preeminent American sculptor of his generation and an Illinois alumnus; he made several Lincoln works, and this one is among the most understated and convincing.
The park itself is a pleasant green space in a residential neighbourhood, entirely unheralded. The statue is one of the better pieces of public art in Champaign County, which is not a low bar given what the university brings to the area. Worth a detour if you are walking in that direction.