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Only two life masks exist of Lincoln – one was made in this Chicago artist’s studio in 1860
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Chicago’s first Black mayor is buried here – here’s a look at his remarkable legacy
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Galena, Illinois: this charming town was home to the Union’s finest Civil War generals
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This Illinois school pioneered the family-style orphan care system still used in the US today
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The unlikeliest force behind B.B. King’s greatest album: a Chicago Jail
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The Illinois asylum where husbands could imprison wives for having opinions
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Grave #217 at this Illinois hospital tells a harrowing story
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This Illinois state park hides the village where Native leaders planned their last resistance
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How a Shawnee-French translator became Lewis and Clark’s secret weapon
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The NAACP’s roots: how a race riot in Illinois galvanized a movement
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The Illinois mob that killed a prophet: 200 men got away with murder in 1844
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The custody battle that ended America’s most successful Swedish commune in 1850

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