In 1908, 25,000 local Chicago residents, many of whom were new immigrants of Czech or Polish descent, began working at Western Electric’s new Hawthorne Works manufacturing plant in Cicero, Illinois. The rural Hawthorne Works plant became a self-sufficient city with...

Oak Park Conservatory is a conservatory and botanical garden located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The desert collection includes three cactus groups (cereus, opuntia, and pereskia), plus succulents including agave, crassula, succulent...

Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum web site. Located at 907 Whitehead Street and nestled in the heart of Old Town Key West, this unique property was home to one of America's most honored and respected authors.

The Peace Museum in Chicago was founded in 1981 by Mark Rogovin and Marjorie Craig Benton, a former US UNICEF representative. It is one of two peace museums in the US. The other is the Dayton International Peace Museum.

Garfield Park Conservatory is one of the largest and most impressive conservatories in the United States. Often referred to as "landscape art under glass," the Garfield Park Conservatory occupies approximately 4.5 acres (18,000 m2) inside and out and contains a...

The Historical Society of Oak Park and River Forest was organized in 1968 and since 1970 has been located on the second floor of Historic Pleasant Home, a National Historic Landmark in Mills Park, operating a history museum, research center and archives. The...

Explore this opulent 30-room mansion designed in 1897 by prominent Prairie-school architect George W. Maher. Find out what is happening at the Pleasant Home Foundation

For more than two decades, the Museum has presented a vast range of educational exhibitions that have continued to offer a vibrant and comprehensive picture of Mexico's art and history, and of Mexican communities in the U.S. Our understanding that Mexican culture is...

The Riverside Historical Museum is located in the East Well House next to the historic Water Tower. The Museum is managed and operated by the seven-member volunteer Riverside Historical Commission. The museum contains and archive of approximately 16,000 documents...

Unity Church, the predecessor to our Congregation, was founded on January 25, 1871. By August of 1872, the congregation had constructed a traditional Gothic revival church building. The congregation consisted of liberal-minded individuals who purposely remained free...