Suburbs

Evanston, the home of Northwestern University, also the home of elegant 19th century Victorian style houses, also the home of upper middle class brand new …

When discussing the history of the town of Cicero Illinois, often Al Capone will come up in the conversation.  Al Capone became synonymous with Cicero, …

Carpentersville is still thought of as a terrible and dangerous community that is completely overrun by migrant Mexican families.  In reality Carpentersville is a diverse …

Here is another Chicago land suburb that has built up quite a reputation as a bad neighborhood, but that of course depends on who you …

This Will County suburb of Bolingbrook was first settled by Captain John Barber in the year 1832 at the location of where two Pottawatomi Indian …

The first non-Native American to settle this community was Absalom Wells in the year 1833 near Thorn Creek and soon a small farming community was …

I do not have much information about the first European settlers and early history but I can say this community was founded in 1893 as …

There has been an ongoing dispute over the years since the 1980s about how rough of a neighborhood Aurora is.  If you Google search “How …

Ah yes, Bensenville the town that got a lot of its fame from being the home of the oldest running commercial in Chicago area history …

Berwyn indeed is one Cook county suburb often thought of to be just as violent and dangerous as Cicero.  If you talk to many people …