Here we profile 12 of the most famous railroad tycoons in the 1800s and early 1900s who helped shape the modern industry in ...

Just across from Lake Pontchartrain, you'll find Louisiana's Northshore. This oft-overlooked region is full of cute small ...

Back When looks back at local milestones and headlines, from the heartbreaking to the humorous and points in between.

Also on this date: In 1789, George Washington took the oath of office at Federal Hall in New York as the first ... “Casey” Jones of the Illinois Central Railroad died in a train wreck near ...

The Illinois Dept. of Transportation (IDOT) and the City of Dixon announced ... across a new bridge built along the old Illinois Central Railroad, connecting to Page Park. Once work is done ...

Celebrate Mardi Gras here without the huge crowds New Orleans is known for ... Originally constructed as a corridor for the Illinois Central Railroad, the Tammany Trace is a 31-mile-long hike ...

Though the original shrine was destroyed during road construction, the small lot that today houses the grotto was deeded to the city in 1927 before being ... of temporary trailers scattered throughout ...

Others brand-new. Oh, I see him ... But who would pay for it? The city saw an angle. It allowed the Illinois Central Railroad to run its tracks right up the lakefront on a trestle about 100 ...

Grant sails from New Orleans, bound for Corpus Christi on the ... During the assault on San Cosme Garita, outside Mexico City, on September 13, Grant orders a howitzer placed in a church belfry ...

And Knox County in east-central Ohio has 20 — 14 among Ohio ... Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, ...