There's not much left of the abandoned mining town of Taconite Harbor, Minnesota, but it's story is fascinating.

“Too many in Illinois believe we need to travel to the East Coast to visit locations on the Underground Railroad ... The ...

In the decades leading up to the Civil War, fearless throngs defied prison or worse to secretly shuttle as many as 7,000 ...

An Illinois task force is working to bring greater recognition to the state’s role in the Underground Railroad.