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A gruesome murder, eerie silence, and remote location combine to make any visitor’s hair stand on end at this steel bridge in rural Coles County. Airtight Bridge spans the narrow Embarras River in rural Coles County. It was designed by Claude L. James and built in 1914. In 1981, the bridge was added to the…
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Blood’s Point Road and Cemetery in rural Boone County, Illinois are settings for a variety of well-known local legends. Click to expand photos As you drive along this lonely stretch of Northern Illinois road, you’ll first notice something out of the ordinary: there are no street signs. Even the graveyard on that furtive highway appears…
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Peck Cemetery in rural Macon County, Illinois is yet another of those cemeteries that developed a bad reputation in the 1970s and has since been rehabilitated. The cemetery itself is of the typical rural stock, formerly hidden in a wood at the end of a gravel road in the middle of nowhere. Things have changed…
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For more than a century, a ghost has haunted this lonely stretch of Route 146, formerly known as “Dug Hill Road,” in rustic Union County. Although sightings have become less frequent in recent years, the ghost of Provost Marshal Welch has earned an iconic place in the folklore of Southern Illinois. Like many of its…
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Within the neatly trimmed grounds of Chesterville Cemetery, an old oak tree hides a mystery. Is a witch buried in this unmarked grave? Chesterville is a small Amish and Mennonite community in east-central Illinois consisting of no more than a few dozen houses. If you are traveling from the direction of Arcola (the nearest town), you…
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M.A. Kleen 