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Wenona, Illinois
Cumberland Cemetery near Wenona sits on rolling hills once home to a fort built during the Black Hawk War to protect nearby settlers. Local…
Chicago, Illinois
In Death Alley, pedestrians passing through the alley report cold spots, whispered voices, the sensation of being watched, and, in some…
Galena, Illinois
The DeSoto House Hotel opened on April 9, 1855, and is billed as the oldest operating hotel in Illinois, where Abraham Lincoln and Ulysses…
Chicago, Illinois
This Gothic graystone building at Dearborn and Ontario dates to the late 1800s and originally housed the Chicago Historical Society; during…
Chicago, Illinois
The Drake Hotel opened in 1920 at the foot of Michigan Avenue and has hosted presidents, royalty and film stars. Its best-known ghost is…
Minooka, Illinois
Dresden Cemetery, the oldest burial ground in the area, was relocated to what is now St. Mary's Cemetery in Minooka after the ground was…
DeKalb, Illinois
Built in 1928-29 during a wave of national fascination with ancient Egypt following the 1922 discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb, the Egyptian…
Elkhart, Illinois
Elkhart Cemetery is the resting place of Richard J. Oglesby, a three-time Illinois governor, U.S. senator, Civil War major general, and…
Champaign, Illinois
The English Building at the University of Illinois, built in 1905 as the Women's Building, is the subject of one of campus's most enduring…
Steger, Illinois
Evergreen Hill Memory Gardens, a historic cemetery on the edge of Steger that serves many of the area's Italian-American families, carries…
Rockford, Illinois
Completed in 1929 at 186 feet, the Faust was once Rockford's tallest building, boasting more than 400 rooms, two ballrooms, a restaurant,…
Evanston, Illinois
First United Methodist Church of Evanston is one of several Methodist churches with a documented ghost story passed down among congregants:…
Centralia, Illinois
Centralia Foundation Park, a 300-plus-acre private park established in 1943, includes a sledding hill nicknamed Stover's Hill after Paul…
Joliet, Illinois
Built in 1887 from Joliet limestone by local architect and Egyptologist Frank Shaver Allen, this house at the corner of Morgan and Dewey…
Chicago, Illinois
Built between 1886 and 1887 by real estate developer Robert C. Givins in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood, this three-story, triple-turreted…
Yorkville, Illinois
The Glen D. Palmer Dam on the Fox River at Yorkville has claimed at least 26 lives since it was built in 1952 — its low profile deceives…
Chicago, Illinois
Graceland Cemetery, one of Chicago's oldest, is home to one of the city's most photographed graves: a life-size statue of a young girl,…
Sidney, Illinois
Graymans Cemetery, an old graveyard outside Sidney, carries several local legends: a pale blue light reported crossing the grounds late at…
Decatur, Illinois
Greenwood Cemetery is widely regarded as one of central Illinois's most haunted sites. Its Civil War section holds the unmarked graves of…
Willow Springs, Illinois
On December 28, 1956, sisters Barbara Grimes, 15, and Patricia Grimes, 12, disappeared in Chicago after going to see an Elvis Presley movie…
Buckner, Illinois
Harrison Cemetery, between Christopher and Buckner in rural Franklin County, takes its name from Isham Harrison, a relative of President…
Georgetown, Illinois
Part of this state natural area near Georgetown was once Camp Cherokee Hills, run by the Piankeshaw Council of the Boy Scouts of America,…
Havana, Illinois
The Ghost Research Society formally investigated the Havana Park District Gym on June 1, 2013. Local legend holds that a young man was…
Chicago, Illinois
Built in 1857 and dedicated in 1860, Holy Family Church is the second-oldest Catholic church still standing in Chicago and one of the few…