It’s time once again for our Best of the Midwest feature! Are you trying to come up with some vacation ideas that are only a ...

A new exhibit that’s accessible to people with blindness or impaired vision has made its way to the Abraham Lincoln ...

IL welcomes visitors to explore historical landmarks, Route 66 icons, and vibrant local culture. Start your Springfield journey where history comes alive: the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln. Begin ...

The Lincoln Presidential Foundation is in debt, so it is putting more than 100 of its artifacts up for auction.

After her release, Mary Todd Lincoln lived a relatively quiet life, although she remained plagued by both psychiatric and ...

A post from Springfield Fire Fighters Local 37 said the car did not crash into the building, but a gas meter was involved. Ameren was on scene to shut off the meter. The museum is open for business ...

The anonymous “Paddle 1231” won most of the priciest artifacts, including a lock of Lincoln’s hair and a pair of ...

The blood-stained leather gloves that were in Lincoln’s pocket the night he was assassinated were among the 144 items up for ...

The auction featured 144 objects, 136 of which were sold to repay an $8 million debt from 2007—a cultural loss, historians ...