The tiny central Illinois village of New Salem, where Lincoln accidentally spent half-a-dozen years in the 1830s, perhaps did ...

As demolition of the former eastbound McClugage Bridge across the Illinois River began Thursday, many people wondered about ...

A melting glacier formed spectacular natural wonders thousands of years ago—a display of nature's powerful and majestic ...

A question on Chicago River muskrats, a clever kvetching about the Chicago Park District's varied application of closures and ...

A historic photo captures crowds and steamboats at Alton Landing during the 1903 Mississippi River flood, with railroads ...

A southern Illinois based dive team discovered a missing Elgin woman's remains in a car pulled from the Fox River.