Paul Eisenberg

The “crime-loaded” Pioneer Motel along Interstate 80 in Lansing is being demolished, but an effort could preserve its iconic windmill.

La Grange Park resident Bob Zeni’s alter ego, Chicago Tomato Man distributes, 15,000 heirloom tomato plants annually.

Manhattan’s historic Round Barn’s significance stretches even beyond its links to Chicago’s Columbian Exhibition.

Landmarks: Potential church closure could put Park Forest history at risk

Landmarks: Ghost hunters seek signs of supernatural, find friendship

The Crawford Avenue span over the Cal-Sag Channel was built by the same company as the Golden Gate Bridge and NYC’s Washington Bridge.

Marshall Field’s automated window displays were an iconic Chicago holiday experience, and now a part of them can be yours.

Fresh of an effort to save Wilmington’s Gemini Giant, nostalgia enthusiasts are hoping to recreate Gary’s Frank-n-Stein statue.

Landmarks: July derecho destroys ‘tangible link’ to Mokena’s dairyland past

First responders responded to about 40 calls for service, requiring assistance from Frankfort, Mokena, Lockport, Manteno and Manhattan.

Over a hundred volunteers, thousands of spectators joined 14 bands for 12th edition of the award winning Frankfort Bluegrass Festival.

Briefs: New Lenox Knox Box program gets boost, Oak Forest hires deputy fire chief, galleries seek art, free training for new bus drivers

Landmarks: Lockport Prairie Nature Preserve, a habitat virtually untouched since the ice age, gets an $8 million Army Corps boost.

Landmarks: With three of the nation’s most famous highways framing the area, why not take a Triangle Tour of Dixie and Lincoln highways?

Around the Southland: SCUBA training for students, parade for grads, MVCC health careers boot camp, safety grant for Chicago Heights, more

Old Shawneetown Bank State Historic Site was recently listed as endangered by Landmarks Illinois, but legislative help could be coming.

A new book by Kristine Condon unearths stories from Flossmoor’s past as the village marks 100 years, while giving a boost to a veterans memorial effort.

June’s Day on the Dixie tour includes chances to explore area history, including Chicago Heights’ contribution to Roosevelt in World War II at Bloom High School.

Also, Orland restaurant damaged in fire, Emmy winner alum to return to H-F, Andrew High School takes part in Day of Understanding, Weavers Guild South to meet in Matteson, Beverly/Morgan Park Home …

Once an industrialist’s hunting reserve, Thorn Creek Woods Nature Preserve in Park Forest remains open to everyone 55 years after a group of neighbors formed the Walnut Hill Gang to fight a p…