A Day in Shelbyville!
It was a visit to the Shelbyville Memorial Sunken Gardens that brought me to Shelbyville, Illinois. But there is a lot that would…
Category: Historical Travel
Museums, historical sites, historic figures
Illinois Coal Museum, a coal story!
Almost everywhere you look in central Illinois you will find the story of coal. Whether you are talking the story of mine production…
Our Lady of the Highway Rt. 66 Shrine
I’ve wanted to stop at the Madonna shrine with her arms outstretched for a long time. The shrine near Waggoner, Illinois is one…
Beauty in Northern Illinois
This weekend we headed to northern, Illinois and our first stop was Elgin. We went to visit a cousin. She planned out a…
Who were Dwight & Mamie Eisenhower?
On a visit to Pennsylvania years ago I was honored to interview Stanley Wolfe. Stanley once owned Dwight D. Eisenhower’s Blackhawk Cockshutt tractor.…