Rampant and haphazard growth after the Civil War left Springfield dirty, dangerous, unhealthful and inconvenient. The race riots in 1908 left the city’s worthy citizens with what we might call a ...

Wildlife at White Pines includes the usual suspects you’d expect in Illinois – white-tailed deer, squirrels, raccoons, and a impressive variety of bird species. Birders particularly love this park ...

Hidden along the banks of the Wabash River in southeastern Illinois lies a verdant paradise that time seems to have forgotten – Beall Woods State Park in Mt. Carmel, where ancient trees stand as ...

Ave Maria Chapel, 6336 S. Kilbourn Ave., is a brick building designed by and built for Lithuanians, who settled on the ...