15 Best Things to Do in Libertyville (IL)
In 1895 the center of Libertyville was mostly destroyed by a fire and quickly reconstructed. One happy consequence is the rare architectural unity to the preserved downtown area today. Not …
In 1895 the center of Libertyville was mostly destroyed by a fire and quickly reconstructed. One happy consequence is the rare architectural unity to the preserved downtown area today. Not …
The seat of Kane County is a delightful city on the Fox River, featuring a downtown area brimming with beautiful Victorian architecture, and enticing independent stores and restaurants. In the early …
A leafy suburb on the north side of Chicago, Morton Grove is on the banks of the North Branch of the Chicago River. The river’s floodplain has been kept completely …
Over the last couple of decades this city opposite Peoria on the Illinois River has witnessed some big changes. In a kind of symbiosis with its immediate neighbor, East Peoria’s …
The diverse village of South Holland is in Southland Chicago, roughly contained to the south by Interstate 80 and the east by Illinois Route 1. Running east to west through …
Immediately south of Chicago’s city limits, Dolton is a mostly residential suburban village bounded to the north by the Little Calumet River. The name comes from one George Dolton, who …
This fast-growing suburban community in the Fox River Valley has more than tripled in population since 1990. The history of South Elgin goes back much further, and from the late …
On the Illinois river, Pekin is a city of 35,000 in Central Illinois. The name was chosen in the late 1820s when it was thought that this spot was at …
In the last decades of the 19th century this suburban city on the Fox River was a center for windmill manufacturing, a fact remembered by the windmill on Batavia’s logo. …
On the Kishwaukee River in Northern Illinois, Belvidere is in the Rockford metropolitan area, but has its own story to tell. The county seat of Boone County, Belvidere took shape …