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It's been 110 years since the 1908 Race Riot erupted in Springfield. The violence and its aftermath inspired the founding of the NAACP , the prominent...
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Visitors will notice a new feature at the Western Illinois Museum. An elevated stage has been installed to look like the front porch of a home. Museum…
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An open house will be held Sunday, October 18, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., at the historic site in a valley in western McDonough County. It's one of the few…
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More than a dozen historic sites in Illinois will be closed to the public for an extra day each week.The Illinois Historic Preservation Agency is making…
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The difference between Illinosi towns that thrived and those that faded away, many times, was the presence of a railroad. That’s according to historian…