President Abraham Lincoln’s Grave: A Visitor’s Guide
President Abraham Lincoln’s grave is in the Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois. A beautiful granite monument is the final resting place of President Abraham Lincoln, his wife, Mary Todd Lincoln, and three of their four sons: Edward, William, and Thomas. It was designed by famed architect Larkin Goldsmith Mead, whose other well-known works include the dome of the Vermont Capitol and National Statuary Hall, a chamber in the United States Capitol devoted to sculptures of prominent Americans. The monument honors Lincoln and is home to his grave, but it also honors the soldiers who fought under Lincoln during [...]
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park: Lincoln’s first home in Illinois
Lincoln Trail Homestead State Park is where Abraham Lincoln's first home in Illinois was. The cabin is long gone, but you can still visit.
See bison at the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie near Chicago
Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie is about an hour from downtown Chicago. Visitors come to see fields of wildflowers and bison in the wild.
