The world’s tallest man.
Known as the “Alton Giant,” Robert Wadlow from Alton, IL, reached a towering height of 8ft 11”. Wadlow suffered from...
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Found 1910’s and 20’s photos from rural Kansas and Illinois
Found photos gift us a captivating peek into the daily lives of people of the past. These pictures, from my...
The Piasa bird: the dragon of the Mississippi River
The Piasa Bird was a mythological bird-like creature that preyed along the Mississippi River. According to legend, it could latch...
Rock Island’s gruesome Civil War prison
Andersonville prison is the most infamous prisoner of war camp of the Civil War. But it wasn’t the only Civil...
3 videos comparing the Chicago of the past with today.
The windy city has changed over the years. The indigenous Miami-Illinois tribes called it shikaakwa, meaning onion, after the abundance...
How a “Mad Gasser” terrified a town in rural Illinois
"He moves through the night as nimbly and secretly as a cat, squirting a sweetish gas through bedroom windows.” -...
Chicago’s most infamous ghost
Jerry Paulus’s Story In 1939, a Chicagoan named Jerry Paulus headed out to a dance hall called Liberty Grove and...