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Highland Park is a suburban city located in southeastern Lake County, Illinois, United States, about 25 miles (40 km) north of downtown Chicago. Per the 2020 census, the population was 30,176. [2] Highland Park is one of several municipalities located on the North Shore of the Chicago metropolitan area. According to the United States Census ...
Santa's Village Amusement & Water Park (formerly known and colloquially referred to this day as simply Santa's Village) is a theme park in East Dundee, Illinois.It was originally built by Glenn Holland, who also built two other Santa's Villages, in California; one located in San Bernardino County and the other in Santa Cruz County.
This list of National Historic Landmarks in Illinois, has 89 entries including Eads Bridge, which spans into Missouri and which the National Park Service credits to Missouri's National Historic Landmark list. Also added are two sites that were once National Historic Landmarks before having their designations removed.
Antje Paarlberg née Waagmeester (16 February 1808 – 28 October 1885) is known as the inspiration for the novel So Big.Chicago area author Edna Ferber used South Holland, Illinois, its pioneers and onion farms as background for her 1924 novel about an ambitious widow in a Midwestern Dutch American farming community.
Holland Apartments is a historic apartment complex located at 324-326 N. Vermilion St. in Danville, Illinois.The building was constructed in two sections; the northern half was built in 1906, while the southern half was completed in 1927.
Holland Township is located in Shelby County, Illinois. As of the 2010 census, its population was 420 and it contained 188 housing units. [ 2 ] The 2010 Census indicates a population of 420.
John Ton (born Jan Cornelis Ton; 30 May 1826 in Akersloot, North Holland – 4 June 1896 in Chicago, Illinois) was a Dutch-born American abolitionist active in the Underground Railroad in Illinois. Early life
Princeton Park is a community of single-family homes built in 1944 and is located in the northwest corner of the Roseland community area in Chicago. Originally, it was a subdivision of low cost multi-family row houses between 91st and 95th streets and Wentworth and Harvard streets.