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The DeSoto House Hotel anchors Main Street with the kind of presence that only comes from being genuinely historic. This is Illinois’s oldest continuously operating hotel, a distinction that’s not ...

For more than a century, the Hotel Florence has stood as a symbol of craftsmanship and community.

A team has been selected for a $104-million project to renovate the historic 1881-era Hotel Florence on Chicago’s Southside, ...

As America turns 250 years old in 2026, CBS News Chicago is looking back at two presidents who called Illinois home.

Neighbors and community stakeholders hope the project will drive tourism and economic growth to the Far South Side ...

Known as the “strawberry dress” for its decorative pattern of berries and leaves, the dress can be seen in the special exhibit.

A three-alarm fire broke out at a fully occupied hotel in Lincoln on Monday morning. No one was injured. Winter storms could bring 4-8 feet of snow to parts of West. Latest forecast When coyotes ...

Wake up on Lake Michigan and explore beaches, dunes, forest trails, marinas, and rare wetlands… all just minutes from this ...

WASHINGTON — In the shadow of Abraham Lincoln, beneath a monument built to preserve a fractured nation, a 2,300-mile journey for peace came to an end. Thousands gathered at the Lincoln Memorial ...

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