The first shot of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War was fired by a man from DuPage County. Lt. Marcellus E. Jones of the 8th Illinois Calvary was on patrol outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, ...

As you travel our great country, don't miss these strange roadside attractions you'll find just off interstates all around ...

That’s basically every day in Galena. This town sits in the northwest corner of Illinois, and it looks like someone hit the ...

A large collection of photographs put together by Historian Frank Brinkerhoff will be available for public viewing beginning ...

For decades the depot served passenger and freight traffic. With the rise of automobiles and improved highways, passenger ...