The Amherst Historical Society recently hosted a series of Quarry Tours for guests to see the Cleveland Quarry, tour the Cleveland Stone Companies facilities and more. The quarry tour, in partnership ...

Tucked away off Wentworth Road (Route 1B) and across from the BG’s Boathouse Restaurant lies what remains of an old ice pond, which was also a quarry, a swimming hole, and a dumping site. Locals might ...

QUINCY – If you haven't been up to the Quincy Quarry and Granite Workers Museum in a while (or ever), you're in for several inviting changes. This has been called a "quiet gem" of Quincy's history.

If you’ve ever wondered how the Elmhurst Quarry helps keep floodwaters back, now is your chance to get a rare behind-the-scenes look. DuPage County Stormwater Management, in partnership with the ...

While I was looking through old photo albums recently, it brought back memories of when my mother-in-law took my mother and me to the former site of the thriving San Antonio Portland Cement Company.

Readers can learn more about Lemont’s Smoky Row, quarry history and some historic people that helped shape the village in the zine celebrating the village’s 150th anniversary. “It highlights ...