Two weeks ago, I wrote about the dome from the Zion Hotel (built in 1902) that was saved by local citizens in 1979 when the rest of the buil...

In 2004, a collection of work by Waukegan-born artist, Reima "Ray" Ratti (1914-1945) was donated to the Bess Bower Dunn Museum...

  John Alexander Dowie, official portrait, 1903.  Dunn Museum.  The founding of the City of Zion is a remarkable tale of one man's will....

Before towns had public libraries they often had “reading rooms.” Waukegan had maintained one through its library association beginning in ...

Holiday dinners are special for the traditional food and decorations, and for families and friends gathering to celebrate. I searched the...

One of the legends that has persisted in the annals of Lake County history is that the Native American, Sitting Bull, was imprisoned at For...

I would like to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor with the story of one Lake County soldier and his fa...