Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
Listed in Fortress, Historical landmark, Lewis and Clark Sites, Pioneer History, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
2006, 1350 State Rte 155, Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois 62277
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site preserves the remains of a major French colonial fort in Illinois Country near Prairie du Rocher. Explore reconstructed 18th-century buildings, see the original stone powder magazine, and consider the changing French and British history of the Mississippi River Valley.
Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
14372 Park Rd, Ellis Grove, Illinois 62241
A bluff-top historic site overlooking the Mississippi River and Kaskaskia Island, Fort Kaskaskia recalls the French and British frontier and George Rogers Clark’s 1778 campaign in the Illinois Country.
Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site, Illinois
Listed in Historical landmark, Native American Heritage Sites, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
Newcut Rd, Brookport, Illinois 62910
Kincaid Mounds preserves the remains of a major Mississippian settlement in southern Illinois, including earthen mounds and archaeological traces dating roughly from A.D. 1050 to 1400.
Lincoln Memorial Picnic Grounds
521 N Main St, Jonesboro, Illinois 62952
A quiet Jonesboro, Illinois, history stop recalling the third Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858 and the national questions that shaped the years before the Civil War.
Miller Grove Town National Historic Site
Listed in African American history, Historical landmark, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
336 Cedar Grv Rd, Simpson, Illinois 62985
Miller Grove School is a historic one-room schoolhouse near Simpson, Illinois, associated with the area’s early African American community. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it preserves a quiet story of education, family, and perseverance in rural southern Illinois.
Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Landmark
6921-6851 Co Rd 7, Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois 62277
Modoc Rock Shelter preserves thousands of years of Native American history in a sheltered bluff overlooking the Mississippi River valley. Its archaeological record offers a fascinating glimpse into the changing lifeways of southern Illinois.
New York Central RR Depot – Olmsted Illinois
Listed in Historical landmark, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Railroad Depot, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
110 Depot St, Olmsted, IL 62970, Olmsted, Illinois 62970
Built in 1872, the New York Central Railroad Depot preserves Olmsted's railroad heritage. Now a museum and National Register landmark, it tells the story of the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad and the trains that helped shape southern Illinois.
Old Train Depot
Listed in Railroad Depot, Tourist attraction
111 S Illinois Ave, Carbondale, IL 62901, Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Carbondale’s Old Train Depot recalls the Illinois Central Railroad era and the rail connections that helped shape this southern Illinois community.
Piggott’s Fort Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Indian Wars, Native American Heritage Sites, Pioneer History, Revolutionary War
11557-11563 Bluff Rd, Columbia, Illinois 62236
Piggott’s Fort Historic Site in Columbia, Illinois, recalls Joseph Piggott and the late-18th-century frontier settlement that grew in the Mississippi River country. It is a worthwhile brief stop for travelers exploring Monroe County’s early history.
Sand Cave | Shawnee National Forest
Listed in African American history, Historical landmark, National forest, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
68 Cedar Grv Rd, Simpson, Illinois 62985
A sandstone rock shelter near Simpson connected by local tradition to Underground Railroad stories, Sand Cave offers a quiet place to consider freedom, escape, and Illinois frontier history.
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
Listed in Fortress, Historical landmark, Lewis and Clark Sites, Pioneer History, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
2006, 1350 State Rte 155, Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois 62277
Fort de Chartres State Historic Site preserves the remains of a major French colonial fort in Illinois Country near Prairie du Rocher. Explore reconstructed 18th-century buildings, see the original stone powder magazine, and consider the changing French and British history of the Mississippi River Valley.
Fort Kaskaskia State Historic Site
14372 Park Rd, Ellis Grove, Illinois 62241
A bluff-top historic site overlooking the Mississippi River and Kaskaskia Island, Fort Kaskaskia recalls the French and British frontier and George Rogers Clark’s 1778 campaign in the Illinois Country.
Kincaid Mounds State Historic Site, Illinois
Listed in Historical landmark, Native American Heritage Sites, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
Newcut Rd, Brookport, Illinois 62910
Kincaid Mounds preserves the remains of a major Mississippian settlement in southern Illinois, including earthen mounds and archaeological traces dating roughly from A.D. 1050 to 1400.
Lincoln Memorial Picnic Grounds
521 N Main St, Jonesboro, Illinois 62952
A quiet Jonesboro, Illinois, history stop recalling the third Lincoln-Douglas debate of 1858 and the national questions that shaped the years before the Civil War.
Miller Grove Town National Historic Site
Listed in African American history, Historical landmark, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
336 Cedar Grv Rd, Simpson, Illinois 62985
Miller Grove School is a historic one-room schoolhouse near Simpson, Illinois, associated with the area’s early African American community. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, it preserves a quiet story of education, family, and perseverance in rural southern Illinois.
Modoc Rock Shelter National Historic Landmark
6921-6851 Co Rd 7, Prairie Du Rocher, Illinois 62277
Modoc Rock Shelter preserves thousands of years of Native American history in a sheltered bluff overlooking the Mississippi River valley. Its archaeological record offers a fascinating glimpse into the changing lifeways of southern Illinois.
New York Central RR Depot – Olmsted Illinois
Listed in Historical landmark, Ohio River Scenic Byway, Railroad Depot, Visited by Old Folks Adventures
110 Depot St, Olmsted, IL 62970, Olmsted, Illinois 62970
Built in 1872, the New York Central Railroad Depot preserves Olmsted's railroad heritage. Now a museum and National Register landmark, it tells the story of the Cairo and Vincennes Railroad and the trains that helped shape southern Illinois.
Old Train Depot
Listed in Railroad Depot, Tourist attraction
111 S Illinois Ave, Carbondale, IL 62901, Carbondale, Illinois 62901
Carbondale’s Old Train Depot recalls the Illinois Central Railroad era and the rail connections that helped shape this southern Illinois community.
Piggott’s Fort Historic Site
Listed in Historical landmark, Indian Wars, Native American Heritage Sites, Pioneer History, Revolutionary War
11557-11563 Bluff Rd, Columbia, Illinois 62236
Piggott’s Fort Historic Site in Columbia, Illinois, recalls Joseph Piggott and the late-18th-century frontier settlement that grew in the Mississippi River country. It is a worthwhile brief stop for travelers exploring Monroe County’s early history.
Sand Cave | Shawnee National Forest
Listed in African American history, Historical landmark, National forest, National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom
68 Cedar Grv Rd, Simpson, Illinois 62985
A sandstone rock shelter near Simpson connected by local tradition to Underground Railroad stories, Sand Cave offers a quiet place to consider freedom, escape, and Illinois frontier history.
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