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Birthplace of Barbed Wire
Sterling, Illinois
Get Your Kicks on Route 66
Pontiac, Illinois
The Story of John Deere
Ogle County, Illinois
Town of the Largest Things
Clark County, Illinois
World Wars & Heath Bars
Robinson, Illinois
Lincoln's Tomb
Springfield, Illinois
The Moldy Cantaloupe That Helped Save the World
Peoria, Illinois
Discoverer of Pluto
Streator, Illinois
The Man Behind Barnacopia
Ogle County, Illinois
Sousa and the Stars & Stripes Forever
Champaign, Illinois
Kermit Bell Goes to War
Calhoun County, Illinois
Building Radios to Have Someone to Listen
Carthage, Illinois
Joseph Smith & the Riot at the Carthage Jail
Carthage, Illinois
What Happened to Ms. O'Leary after the Fire?
Chicago, Illinois
Young John Fenzel & His Friendship with the German POWs
Kane County, Illinois
Purple Martin Capital
Pike County, Illinois
Moon Burgers at Moonshine
Clark County, Illinois
Deere's Amazing Plow
Ogle County, Illinois
The Keeper of the Two Story Outhouse
Moultrie County, Illinois
The Presidents and the "Smoke Filled Room"
Chicago, Illinois
Jane Adams' Hull House
Chicago, Illinois
The Largest of Native American Cities
Collinsville, Illinois
Making Atlanta Illinois a Giant Stop on Route 66
Logan County, Illinois
The Last Steam Engine
Sterling, Illinois
President Lincoln's Yard Sale - Heading to the White House
Springfield, Illinois
Donating a Library to a Politician
Salem, Illinois
Santa Anna's Leg
Springfield, Illinois
The Great Statemen & Orator, William Jennings Bryan
Salem, Illinois
Dickson Mounds
Fulton County, Illinois
The Only Pulitzer Prize Winning Brothers
Vermilion County, Illinois
The Legacy of Speaker Joe Cannon
Danville, Illinois
Grilling the Gobbler
Downers Grove, Illinois
The Black Sox Scandal
Chicago, Illinois
The Civil War Swedes of Sycamore
Sycamore, Illinois
The Oil Below the Farm
Fairfield, Illinois
Growing Popcorn & Pumpkins
Mason County, Illinois
Chicago's Elegant Old Library
Chicago, Illinois
The Story Behind the Louisiana Purchase
East St. Louis, Illinois
Lewis & Clark Build a Team for the Trek West
Madison County, Illinois
Was Lincoln a Good Singer? Music of the Civil War
Pontiac, Illinois
Dancing with the Stars at the Stage Door Canteen
Pontiac, Illinois
WWII Life on the Homefront
Pontiac, Illinois
Aboard the Titanic
Pontiac, Illinois
Named for Lincoln Before He was President
Lincoln, Illinois
Spotting Tornadoes from the Phone Booth
Lincoln, Illinois
The Phone Booth on Top of City Hall
Lincoln, Illinois
The Little Jail
Grundy County, Illinois
The City of Porches
Cumberland County, Illinois
The National Road & Presidential Visitors
Cumberland County, Illinois
Telling the Story of Americans at War
Vermillion County, Indiana
Lincoln's Target Practice with a Spencer Rifle
Springfield, Illinois
The Giants Along Route 66
Logan County, Illinois
The Pastor Who Saved the World from Nuclear Destruction
Grundy County, Illinois
Time Marches On
Pike County, Illinois