The time zones were enacted during the General Time Convention at the Grand Pacific Hotel at LaSalle Street and Jackson Boulevard in Chicago. A plaque at the location — which is just north of the ...

I’m seeing almost a revival of Christianity through what’s happening at Broadview in Chicago,’ the Rev. David Black said.

A look at unique features and changes to the area amidst the demolition of the Nicollet Avenue bridge over the Midtown ...

On any given afternoon in Pierre, a line of cars may sit quietly at a railroad crossing, drivers idling with their thumbs ...

Acclaimed illustrator and author Jeanette Winter, a pioneer of picture book biographies and nonfiction, many of which focused ...

A student of historiography and the study of history, as well as history itself, Eric Foner would like yet another American Revolution, one which would fulfill the promise of Reconstruction when ...

The Hotel Florence was opulent and luxurious when the Pullman Palace Car Company controlled an area of Chicago's Far South Side. It also may harbor some ghostly guests.

In the 19th century, changes to maps were not just frequent but practically routine. “Between 1862 and 1896, there was only one election year in which at least one state did not redraw its ...

The Habitat Company is proposing 227 townhouses on the 28-acre former factory site, which has been vacant since 2007.