5 facts about the Illinois state
The first Ferris wheel in history was built for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, designed by bridge eng…
Cahokia, located just across the Mississippi River from present-day St. Louis in southwestern Illinois, was the largest…
Illinois was the first state to ratify the 13th Amendment abolishing slavery, doing so on February 1, 1865, just two day…
The Chicago River is one of the few rivers in the world to have been permanently reversed. In 1900, city engineers compl…
Illinois produces more nuclear power than any other state in the United States. The state operates 11 nuclear reactors a…