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The gravesite of freedom seeker, Susan Richardson

A chair that President Abraham Lincoln sat in after the fifth Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858. The chair now resides in the Alumni Room in Knox College's Old Main building.

It's a sign that represents the Ronald Reagan Trail. Its a collection of highways in central Illinois that connect parts of Illinois that were important for former President Ronald Reagan

A dark grey, well-polished, obelisk-shaped grave about 2-3 feet wide at its narrowest point and at least 5 feet tall. The name Gale is carved from the rock of the base. It is positioned in well-mowed grass at least 4 feet from all nearest graves

A statue depicting Carl Sandburg and a goat in the town square of Galesburg Illinois.

A color print originally on a postcard. A large gathering of people dressed in 1800s fashion, with a man standing on a wagon in the forefront. They are standing in front of a building with an American flag flying on top of it, and a banner across the…

Carved wood chair with slightly faded red velvet upholstery, located next to a brick fireplace.

St. Crescent, a child whose bones have been preserved in wax encased in a glass altar. The memorial states “Corpvs S. Crescentis Pueri Mar. N.P”, Latin for “The Body of the boy Saint Crescent”.

After explaining that prairie burning is originally a Native American practice, Professor Stuart Allison says that "we're maintaining that tradition of burning prairies, keeping them open. It's both an ecological and a cultural activity,."