• Starved Rock State Park’s Disturbing Past

    Majestic landforms and canyons along the Illinois River near Utica, Illinois hold terrible secrets from the past. Click to expand photos Situated along the southern bank of the Illinois River near Utica, Illinois, Starved Rock State Park is the most visited park in Illinois. Its most prominent feature is a large, sandstone butte that stands…

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  • Phantom Monks of St. James of the Sag Church and Cemetery

    A 19th-Century ghost story forms the backdrop to unusual sightings at this 168-year-old Catholic church southwest of Chicago. St. James of the Sag Church and Cemetery, abbreviated as St. James-Sag, sits on a bluff overlooking the juncture of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and the Calumet Sag Channel in southwest suburban Chicago, Illinois. Two…

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  • Twin Sister’s Woods’ Unlikely Phantoms

    A plethora of strange tales are told about this small park on Rockford, Illinois’ east side. Click to expand photos Twin Sister’s Woods is located in Rockford, Illinois and is part of Twin Sister Hills Park—22.44 acres of recreational land complete with two baseball fields and three sled hills. It is a popular winter destination,…

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  • A Quick and Dirty Guide to Ashmore Estates

    Ashmore Estates looms large in the minds of many Coles County, Illinois residents, even if they have only heard the stories. It stood abandoned for nearly twenty years, until opening as a haunted attraction in autumn 2006. Since then, it has gone through several owners, been scoured by paranormal investigators, and featured in television programs…

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  • Mysterious Munger Road

    Like Barrington’s Cuba Road, Munger Road in Wayne, Illinois sits at the periphery of the Chicago suburbs and has attracted many strange legends. The road itself penetrates deep into Pratts Wayne Woods and until recently was remote and not very well traveled. Rumors of abandoned houses and occult practices abound. Motorists have also reported being…

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