The Beautiful Surf Ballroom!
History The original Surf Ballroom was built-in 1934 by Carl J. Fox. Sadly the original ballroom burned April 1947, but the next ballroom…
Category: Historical Travel
Museums, historical sites, historic figures
Alton’s Gentle Giant turns 100
Robert Pershing Wadlow was 8’ 11.1” by the time he died at the young age of 22 in 1940. Today he still holds…
Ireland’s Ambassador visits Mother Jones Monument!
Today, May 4, 2018, Ireland’s Ambassador to the United States Daniel Mulhall visited Mother Jones Monument to meet with NIU Professor Rosemary Feurer,…
The Rookery, a Frank Lloyd Wright Connection
I love Chicago, I love architecture and I love Frank Lloyd Wright so this was a given that I would love the beautiful…
The Murals of Marshall
I was drawn in like a moth to a flame when I saw the sign that said murals on my drive back from…