President Abraham Lincoln moved to New Salem, Ill., a log cabin village where he would stay until 1837. Now, the re-created historical site is set to get an $8 million makeover.

Abraham Lincoln arrived at the New Salem grist mill along the Sangamon River aboard a flatboat that was sinking. Lincoln had been hired by a man named Denton Offutt to deliver the boat cargo to New ...

A conservation project 10 years in the making is bringing new life to an old railroad site once walked by Presidents Abraham ...

The pedestrian bridge that connects the structure ... “This is where President Abraham Lincoln, one of the most famous people to ever live, started his career in politics, and you can’t ...