The Polo Historical Society is applying to become a designated Network to Freedom site with the National Park Service after ...

The Polo Historical Society is applying to become a designated Network to Freedom site with the National Park Service after uncovering local ties to the Underground Railroad.

Chicago should build a new train line that provides Lincoln Yards, The 78 and adjacent neighborhoods with mass transit service.

From L.A. to Zion National Park, Denver, Omaha, Chicago, Detroit, and finally New York, the Civic Hybrid proved to be a champ ...

Today in History Today is Wednesday, July 2, the 183rd day of 2024. There are 182 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On July 2, 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law a ...

That’s Shawnee National Forest for you—a sprawling 289,000-acre paradise tucked away in southern Illinois near Herod that somehow remains one of America’s most underrated natural wonders.

Punxsutawney, nestled in the rolling hills of western Pennsylvania, is the kind of town where you half expect to see Jimmy Stewart running down the main street shouting about how wonderful life is.

Momentum has been building in Illinois to research the state’s extensive Underground Railroad sites and decide how to commemorate this history.

The nation’s passenger railroad is adapting to White House priorities, such as by dropping high-speed rail projects.

The Illinois State Police has reported that a driver disregarded and avoided functioning railroad crossing lights, gates, and bells early Sunday south of Neoga before colliding with a freight train, ...