Over the last 200 years or so, abandoned places in Illinois have undergone a transformation, adopting a more modern character. Rather than earthen mounds and inscrutable clearings, many are the ...

The City of Buffalo has been given permission by a judge to take over a long abandoned Allentown property. Illinois ...

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty fascinated by old, abandoned places. A state with a human history as long and storied ...

A four-year-old West moved to the three-bedroom home in South Shore with his mother, the late Donda West, in 1981. Donda West ...

A new PBS doc narrated by Edward Norton follows the 60-year fight—and triumph— to convert abandoned railroads into trails for ...

Harvey billed $57.9 million in taxes in 2023 and has collected only $33.75 million, a collection rate of 58.29%.

In fact, some resorts once considered the most popular in the country are now completely abandoned and left to rot ... so ...

Forest Preserve District of Will County buys 500 acres near Crete, makes Goodenow Grove Nature Preserve it’s second largest ...

ATTOM has released its Q4 2025 Vacant Property and Zombie Foreclosure Report, showing that 1.32% of residential properties in ...

A Mattoon home went from trashed to top of the line thanks to a new initiative. The Central Illinois Land Bank Authority and ...

Surrounding counties like Will, DuPage, and Lake are also facing their own set of tax challenges. As Rock explained, the ...

Harvey has the third-lowest property tax collection rate in Cook County, with only 58.29% of 2023 tax bills paid, leaving ...