Historic sites in Illinois
Monuments, forts, ruins and memorials standing where they were built. What the record knows is what the page says.
- Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable HomesiteNational Register
- Bald Knob Cross of Peace
- Comiskey Park Home Plate
- Kiddieland
- Ford Hangar
- Italo Balbo Monument
- Illinois World War II Veterans MemorialBuilt 2004-12-04
- Lincoln Home National Historic Site181 m · National Register
- Dunham Castle237 m
- Drake Fountain
- Haymarket Martyrs' MonumentBuilt 1893-06-25 · National Register
- William McKinley Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial Garden and TrailsNational Register
- Stephen A. Douglas TombBuilt 1881 · National Register
- Campbell's Island State Memorial
- S.S. President
- Frederick C. Robie HouseBuilt 1909 · National Register
- Ida B. Wells Homes
- Site of Fort Dearborn
- Battle of Fort Dearborn
- Haymarket Police Memorial
- The PioneersNational Register
- Kids Off The Block Gun Violence Memorial
- Site of Robbins Airport
- Eighth Regiment ArmoryNational Register
- West Side Grounds
- U-505 SubmarineBuilt 1941 · National Register
- Governor's MansionBuilt 1856-01-10 · National Register
- Elijah P. Lovejoy Monument
- Memorial Day Massacre of 1937
- David Davis MansionNational Register
- Eli Schulman
- Old State CapitolBuilt 1837 · National Register
- Abraham Lincoln: The ManBuilt 1887 · 3.7 m
- Ulysses S. Grant Monument181 m
- Grand Army Republic Memorial
- Buffalo Grove Ambush
- Site of the Sauganash Hotel/Wigwam
- Our Lady of the Angels School Fire Memorial
- Stillman's
- William L. Dawson
- Site of First Settler in Kendall County
- Smallest Village in U.S. with Armory
- Dr. Jose Rizal (1861–1896)Built 1993
- High Prairie Trail
- Time Capsule
- Oldest Standing Church in Kendall County
- Oldest Village in Kendall County
- Soldier's MonumentNational Register
- Site of Kendall County's First Store
- Site of First County Seat and Courthouse
- Springfield Spanish-American War MemorialBuilt 1948-06-17
- 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - Payne's Hardware
- In Memory of Arnie Moss April 23, 2001
- Veterans Memorial
- Chief Shauwanasee Memorial
- Fallen Officer Memorial
- Lincoln and Douglas in DebateBuilt 1992-08-27
- William Powers Monument
- Theodore K. Lawless
- First School House Hooser's Grove 1845
- Lions Club
- Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk Memorial
- Reverend Mother York
- Unknown Departed Memorial
- Milledgeville Veterans Memorial
- Eugene Field Memorial
- Gold Star Men of the World War
- Andres Jiménez
- Joe "King" Oliver
- Bill Canavan
- Rear Erecting Shops
- Fluorspar Miners Memorial
- Marquette MonumentBuilt 1930
- Lovejoy Plaque
- Franklin Street Bridge Monument
- Founders Memorial
- Former Lincoln School Entrance
- The Pillars
- Austin Gardens
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial
- American Civil War
- September 11 Memorial Walkway of Southern Illinois
- In Memory of Andy Bruns, Feb 9, 1992
- Dr. Ida Gray Nelson Rollins
- Monument in memory of Ryan Fark
- Lincoln Belltower
- Allen Family Farmhouse
- Serpent Twin Mound
- Martha Wilson Memorial
- Eternal Flame
- Blue Star Memorial Highway
- Pluto Monument
- Wood River Massacre Memorial3 m
- In Loving Memory of Vincent B. Wilke Birthday May 4, 1922
- 1928
- Joe Williams
- Solider's Memorial
- American Legion War Momorial
- Purple Heart MemorialBuilt 2016-08-07
- SA Edwin Shanahan Memorial Marker
- Confederate Monument
- Grading Wheel
- memorial marker
- Lakeview War Memorial
- Jo & Bob Heitch
- Matthew Shepard & Pauli Murray
- War Memorial
- Florence B. Price
- Theodore Roosevelt Fountain Marker
- First Cabin in SpringfieldBuilt 1927-12-03
- Veterans Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Casey "Chicken Charlie" Jones
- 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - The Old County Jail
- Allyson Grabowski Memorial Court
- Abraham Lincoln Statue
- Robert T. Motts
- The First Automobile Race in America
- Merideth Funeral Home
- Eternal Flame
- Site of First Public School House in WinnetkaBuilt 1859-10-1
- Illinois & Michigan Canal Office
- Lindenhurst Veterans Memorial
- In Memory of Otto Huelsman, April 8, 1931
- M3 Stuart Tank
- In Memory of Joe C. Maue, Birthday April 4
- Oscar Stanton DePriest
- Peace Pole
- Milton F. Eggerding
- CPD K9 & Equine Memorial Plaza
- John Lee "Sonny Boy" Williamson
- Edward B. Butler
- Abraham Lincoln Monument
- In Memory of Louis H. Welling Feb 17, 1913
- Globe Tavern Historical Marker
- Cannon MemorialBuilt 1935-10-13
- Champaign County Worker's MemorialBuilt 2002-09-02
- Ruth George Memorial
- Roundout Train Robbery
- Dr. Janusz Korczak
- LGBTQ+ Veterans Memorial
- Alto Pass Area Veterans Memorial
- Camp Douglas
- In Memory of Gregory Mank, June 9, 1971
- Everyday Heroes
- Vietnam Survivors Memorial
- Oswego Veterans Memorial Plaza
- Gold Star Families Memorial
- Mother Jones Monument
- Vietnam War Memorial
- Nauvoo Veterans Memorial
- Amos Bennett: First African American Settler in Lake County
- Chinese American Veterans Memorial
- Rockford Women's Suffarage Plaza
- Nat King Cole
- Clarence W. Schilke
- Veterans Memorial Plaza
- Veterans Memorial
- Cross Monument
- Bishop Louis Henry Ford
- Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton
- Kathy Cliff
- Bearcat Statue
- Claussen Plaza
- Dunbar School
- Ton Farm Underground Railroad Site
- Saltue to Steel
- Lakeview School
- Lucecita Benítez
- Jack Johnson
- Theresa Needham
- Abraham Lincoln and Stephen DouglasBuilt 2002-09-14
- Carillon
- Civil War Memorial
- Dixon Prairie
- The Worker
- Pierce Downer Cemetery231 m
- Hudson "Tampa Red" Whittaker
- Veterans Memorial
- 9/11 Memorial
- Sam Cooke
- Katherine Dunham
- Acts of Intolerance
- Anthony Overton
- Haki Madhbuti
- Yader "Yak" CastanedaBuilt 2025-08-03
- Tank Memorial
- Mae Jemison
- Illinois' Northern Boundary
- Willow Springs Honor Roll
- Treaty Between Harrison & the Indians
- Al Benson "The Swingmaster"
- Abraham Lincoln Statue
- Lincoln Funeral Train MonumentBuilt 2010
- Lansing Firefighters Memorial
- Fannie Barrier Williams
- War Memorial
- Carter G. Woodson
- Vietnam Conflict
- El Gran Combo
- George Harrison
- Paul and Dorothy Legermann Memorial
- War Memorial
- In Memory of Michael Haukap May 22, 1997
- Old Wall
- Veteran Shrine
- Vietnam War Memorial
- Paul Cornell
- Plainfield Tornado Memorial
- Homes of Chief Waubonsie and Madeline Ogee
- Civil War Monument
- Third Principal Meridian
- Trail Marker Tree
- cherry Mine Disaster
- SIU Entrance Monument
- ZGS Piston
- Elsah Soldiers
- Cheney-Goode Memorial
- Iconic Rocks
- Indian & Pioneer Campground
- Gold Star Men of the World War
- Franklin Street Bridge Monument
- Abraham Lincoln Plaque
- Hank Salemi Memorial
- Isabelle Jones
- Louis Pasteur Monument
- Joe Jordan
- Peoria Holocaust Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans MemorialBuilt 1986-10-25
- Clearing-Park Shops Memorial
- The Sower Alcove
- Wolf Lake Memorial Garden
- Wonder Lake Bible Church
- Acts of Intolerance
- Iraq & Afghanistan Veterans Memorial
- Arthur Mitchell
- Kiwanis Club of Westchester
- Morton Weir Memorial
- Anne A. H. Hedberg
- Lewis and Clark in Illinois
- Tragedy To TriumphBuilt 2004-04
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial185 m
- In Memory of Bradley James Harem 24 April 1980-14 May 1995
- Canon
- Gold Star Memorial
- Henry Demarest Lloyd
- Casimir Pulaski
- Edison Court Station on the North Shore Line
- In Memory of Isabel Weiter
- Steger Veteran's Memorial
- In Memory of Anthony "Buck" Lohman
- Mahatma GandhiBuilt 2004-10-02
- Mac and Diana Garret Memorial Tree
- Lou Rawls
- Dedicated by Girl Scout Troops: 837, 839, 449, 459, 433
- Spencer Memorial
- Ganton Circle
- Class of 1900 Memorial Bench
- Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
- The Francis Stupey Log Cabin
- Burial Site of Josette Beaubien
- Decatur 9/11 Memorial
- President Ronald Reagan
- Schmig mem.
- Maudelle Bousfield
- Terri Schroeder
- Freedom Shrine
- Unknown Departed Memorial
- Frank Kameny & Leonard Matlovich
- In Memory of Gene Lohman 11-23-1922~01-15-2006
- Seaman First Class James Humbert
- Mayor Harold Washington Memorial
- Govenor John Wood Statue
- Indian Creek Massacre Historic Site
- Special Olympics Flame of Hope Monument
- In Loving Memory of Michael Haukap May 22, 1997
- Muddy Waters
- Holocaust Memorial189 m
- In Loving Memory of Robert Hilmes Sr. June 8, 1998
- The Plank Road
- Ralph H. Metcalfe
- Veterans Memorial
- Veterans Memorial
- Origin of Milford
- Shawnee Veterans Memorial Wall
- William Rainey Harper
- Underground Railroad Memorial
- Carterville Veterans Memorial
- Fort Armstrong
- A. Richardson Memorial Stone
- Tom Kane
- Jessie 'Ma' Houston
- Elijah Muhammad
- In Memory ofHerb Haselhorst, 10 Jan 1945
- The History of Union Station
- Silvia Rivera & Marsha P. Johnson
- 1908 Race Riot Archaeological SiteBuilt 2024-08-16
- McAdams Memorial
- African American Marine Corps Memorial
- Lake County Veterans Memorial, F-111
- Solidarity Monument
- Dr. Seuss 99th Commencement Poem
- Dempsey J. Travis
- Civil War monument
- Ida B. Wells
- John Caldwell Meeker
- World War Memorial
- Illinois World War I MemorialBuilt 2019-06-25
- Hogue Tower
- Nativity Scene
- In Memory of Barney Feldman, Sep 10, 2011~Dec 21, 1973
- Butterbeans & Susie
- Senior MemorialBuilt 1909
- Marjorie Stewart Joyner
- Madison County Centenial Monument
- Carl von Linné Monument
- Scott Joplin
- In Honor of Those Who Served
- Salvadoran Martyrs Memorial
- Herrin Service Member Memorial
- Nike Ajax Missile
- Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Built 2004
- Wings of Peace and Freedom
- Palos Park Veteran's Memorial
- Washington F4 Tornado Memorial
- Trolly
- War Memorial Monument
- Lincoln Campaign Wagon
- Somerset Manor
- Middle East Conflicts Memorial Wall
- Lincoln Rock
- Promontory Point Marker
- Miner Memorial
- Dieterich Community Veterans Memorial
- Bayard Rustin & Sally Ride
- Trail of Tears Memorial
- John Jones
- Gold Star of the World War
- Edwardsville National Bank Clock Tower
- George E. Johnson Sr.
- Historical Marker: Potawatomi Trail of Death
- AIDS Memorial LabyrinthBuilt 2019-09-21
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- Hippie Memorial
- Dedicated by Girl Scout Troops 837, 839, 449, 459, 433
- World War I Memorial
- Thomas A. Dorsey
- Fire and Police MemorialBuilt 1913
- 1908 Race Riot Tour Marker - The Levee
- Shannower 9/11 Memorial
- In Memory of Paul W. Nettemeier, May 12, 1989
- 9-11 Monument
- Simon Kellerman JR.
- Boorda Memorial
- Amos Blakemore (Junior Wells)
- Bill Stone
- In Memory of Richard Berger, Birthday April 28, 1920
- Jesse Owens
- J.B. Martin
- Soldiers and Sailors MonumentBuilt 1899-10-06
- Dinah Washington
- Sam's tree
- 50 Years
- In Memory of Nettemeier
- Oscar Wilde & Audre Lorde
- In Memory of Samanthy Kuper Jan 7, 1995~Dec 22, 1996
- Mayor Harold Washington
- 29th U.S. Colored Infantry Memorial
- Vets Memorial
- Major Robert H. Lawrence
- Sister Benita Newhouse, O.P.
- Memorial for the Veterens of All Wars
- Martin Luther King, Jr.Built 1989-01-16
- CPD Officer Richard Clark Memorial
- Wildwood Chicago Police & Fire Memorial
- East Side Memorial
- Gifford War Memorial
- Berlin Wall replica
- Finney Markey
- Vermont Veterans Memorial
- Mrs. Kalita
- Eddie Palmieri
- Tazewell County Veterans Memorial
- Bob's Memorial
- William Crowder
- Robert Pershing Wadlow
- U.S. Navy Submarine Memorial
- Langston Hughes
- David Kennison
- Vietnam Veterans MemorialBuilt 1983
- Prophetstown
- Robert R. McCormick
- Ida B. Wells
- Lorraine Hansberry & Two Spirit People
- Gulf War
- Federal Building Columns
- Dominican University
- The Norway Building
- Willard Motley
- Historic Scott Gate
- Blue Star Memorial
- Niebuhr Monument
- Viertnam War Memorial
- Heaven’s Brigade and All Heroes
- Cholera Cross
- Jack Johnson
- Shining Light Infant Memorial Garden
- Page Circle
- Dr. DeeDee Farmer
- First Bridge at North Dearborn Street
- Oscar C. Brown, Sr.
- Ferdinand Lee Barnett
- Giuseppe Garibaldi
- SIU Entrance Monument
- Honor Roll
- Old Main Cornerstone
- Sara & Ron Damgaard
- Alex Kolovitz
- Mrs. Kalta
- A. C. Sanders Memorial Stone
- Centennial Monument
- 9/11 Memorial
- In Memory of Nora Kay Leonard 26 February 1923 - 26 January 1982
- Roy Brown
- Ernest A. Griffin
- Earl B. Dickerson