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Allerton Park, Illinois
Robert Allerton (1873-1964) built this mansion and its formal gardens starting in 1899, later donating the estate to the University of…
Palmer, Illinois
One of two Christian County cemeteries nicknamed "Cemetery X" — the more famous version is Thomas Anderson Cemetery near Clarksdale,…
St. Charles, Illinois
Built in 1926 by local philanthropists Dellora and Lester Norris and now listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Arcada…
Justice, Illinois
Archer Woods Cemetery, along Chicago's famously haunted Archer Avenue corridor, served for years as a potter's field for the area's unknown…
Arcola, Illinois
Built in 1885 by the Illinois Central Railroad, this Arcola depot now serves as a museum and information center, displaying railroad…
Ashmore, Illinois
This building traces back to the Coles County Poor Farm, established in 1857 to house the area's poor, elderly, and mentally ill; the…
Decatur, Illinois
Opened in 1916, the Avon Theatre became the life's work of Greek immigrant Gust Konstantopoulos, who ran it for five decades. Even after…
Midlothian, Illinois
Established no later than 1844, Bachelor's Grove Cemetery takes its name from corruptions of Batchelder, a prominent local family when…
Minonk, Illinois
Baughman Cemetery, donated by John Baughman in 1840 and maintained today by an association founded in 1926, is a small but still-active…
Aurora, Illinois
A hotel employee reported witnessing a white ball of light shoot out from behind the front office and into the lobby in the early hours of…
Lisle, Illinois
Founded in 1887 by Benedictine monks from St. Procopius Abbey, Benedictine University carries ghost stories across several of its campus…
Mattoon, Illinois
Bethel Cemetery, between Mattoon and Neoga in Coles County, is better known locally as the Ragdoll Cemetery. The legend, told in several…
Chicago, Illinois
John Dillinger, the Depression-era bank robber and FBI's first Public Enemy Number One, was shot and killed by federal agents in the alley…
Belvedere, Illinois
Blood's Point Cemetery takes its name from Arthur Blood, the first white settler in Flora Township, who purchased the land for his farm in…
Peoria, Illinois
Bradley University's theatre program is housed in the Hartmann Center for the Performing Arts. Longtime students and staff tell of the…
Woodstock, Illinois
Built in 1865 by George and Sylvia Stickney, this Bull Valley mansion was designed without right angles, reflecting the couple's practice…
Collinsville, Illinois
Cahokia Mounds, just east of St. Louis, was the largest pre-Columbian city north of Mexico, home to an estimated 10,000 to 20,000 people at…
Springfield, Illinois
The angel statue marking the grave of Louisa Mohay, who died in 1908 at age four, has been the subject of ghost stories in Springfield for…
Mattoon, Illinois
Campground Cemetery, a small burial ground southwest of Mattoon near Lake Paradise Road, is featured in a published book on Illinois's…
Chicago, Illinois
The Chicago Water Tower on North Michigan Avenue was completed in 1869 and is one of the few buildings that survived the Great Chicago Fire…
Urbana, Illinois
Clements Cemetery, formerly known as Woodlawn, carries the legend of the "Blue Man" — said to be an early caretaker of the grounds who was…
Chicago, Illinois
Opened in 1893 for the World's Columbian Exposition, the Congress Plaza Hotel has hosted presidents and, during Prohibition, served as Al…
Danville, Illinois
This old cemetery sits in the middle of a cornfield off Long Road outside Danville. Visitors describe apparitions and an unusually eerie…
Clarendon Hills, Illinois
Opened in 1922 by Emil Kobal as a tavern and small grocery on the ground floor, with the family's home above, the Country House has carried…