The Illinois Vietnam Veterans Memorial, dedicated in 1988, honors the almost 3,000 Illinoisans killed or listed as missing in action during the Vietnam War.
The site offers occasional memorial services.
The main Museum showcases exhibits on local natural and cultural history. The Hackley and Hume Historic Site preserves the homes of Muskegon's most famous lumber baron, Charles H. Hackley, and his business partner, Thomas Hume. The site envelops the visitor in a unique living space, bringing late 19th-century craftsmanship to life. The Fire Barn Museum serves as a living memorial to the brave men and women who have served as Muskegon County firefighters and exhibits firefighting equipment. The Scolnik House recreates the lifestyle of a Depression-era family.
The museum offers exhibits, educational programs, research library access, and occasional recreational and educational events; the Hackley and Hume Historic Site offers tours; the Fire Barn Museum offers exhibits; the Scolnik House offers tours.
The Stark County Historical Society is dedicated to collecting and preserving the significant materials and records related to the history of Stark County and the presidential history of William McKinley. Through the William McKinley Presidential Library and Museum, the Society serves as an educational center of history and science and offers interpretive exhibitions and educational programs for the local community and its expanding global audience.
The museum offers exhibits, tours, educational programs, lectures, planetarium shows, and occasional recreational and educational events.
The Site preserves the central section of the largest prehistoric Native American city north of Mexico. Occupied from 700 to 1400, the city grew to cover 4,000 acres, with a population of between ten and twenty thousand at its peak around 1100. The site is dominated by the 100-foot-tall Monks Mound, the largest prehistoric earthen mound in the Americas. In 1966 Cahokia Mounds was placed on the National Register of Historic Places and in 1983 was designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. Cahokia Mounds preserves 68 of the original 120 earthen mounds built by prehistoric Native Americans. Visitors may climb a stairway to the top of Monks Mound, where interpretive signs provide an explanation of the impressive view. Other physical features include a reconstructed stockade wall and "Woodhenge," a circle of posts around a large central post from which the sunrise can be aligned to determine the season and time of year. The Interpretive Center houses museum exhibit galleries, an orientation show theater, a public programming auditorium, staff offices, and a courtyard for educational programs. Exhibit galleries and an award-winning orientation show, "City of the Sun," describe the Native Americans who lived there as well as the site's historic and archaeological significance.
The site offers exhibits, tours, a short film, lectures, and educational and recreational events and programs.
The Museum displays a horse-drawn steam pumper from the late 1800s and a 1929 Ahrens-Fox fire engine. A memorial dedicated to those who died in the line of duty features the names of the department's fallen heroes. Another section pays tribute to the city's finest, naming past and present firefighters.
The museum offers exhibits.
This building was the capitol for only four days in 1855, but many believe that the actions of the legislature that met here led directly to the Civil War. Governor Andrew Reeder picked this location, away from the proslavery influence of Missouri, where the legislature would choose a permanent seat of government, create a constitution, and decide if Kansas would be a free or slave state. Instead the legislature kicked out the antislavery members and passed a bill to move the government to Shawnee Mission near the Missouri border. Inside this native stone building visitors will learn the stories of the antislavery and proslavery people of territorial Kansas, set alongside the beauty of the Kaw River Nature Trail.
The site offers exhibits, tours, and educational and recreational events.
Construction of this house began in 1886 and was completed in 1889. George William Frank, also called George, Jr. was the architect. The Franks lived in the house from 1890 to 1900. After the Franks, the house was owned by Dr. Grothan who ran a private sanitarium in the house. The house sold to the state in 1907 when it was accessioned to be part of the Nebraska Tuberculosis hospital. The house was used as quarters for the TB hospital staff until the hospital closed in 1971.
The house offers exhibits, tours, and occasional recreational and educational events.
The Village incorporates a number of restored 1800s historical buildings. These include the 18801882 John Wright Mansion, the 1860s Merry School House, the 1848 Detterman Church, the 1836 Seymour House, several log homes and barns, a general store, a hardware store, a post office, and an ice house.
The site offers exhibits, tours, demonstrations, workshops, and recreational and educational events (including living history events).
The Society maintains this museum in an 1885 limestone house, home to early pioneers Timothy and Bridget Kyne. Among the featured pieces are a pie safe and table that were built by Timothy, as was the house itself. Two additions provide more display space, and the one-room Topsy School is also in the museum complex.
The museum offers exhibits.
In the 19th century, Americans wanted more land and settlement moved west. For countless Indians, the American thrust for land meant the end of their traditional way of life. The Shawnee Mission was one of many missions established as a manual training school attended by boys and girls from Shawnee, Delaware, and other Indian nations from 1839 to 1862. Visitor to this 12-acre National Historic Landmark can learn the stories of those who lived there.
The site offers exhibits, a short film, and occasional educational and recreational programs.