Landmarks Illinois

Landmarks Illinois’ 2025 list of endangered historic places include former newspaper offices, barns and schoolhouses.

Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest — and one of the last remaining — Black incorporated towns in the country. It’s at risk of being lost.

The old water tower in Millstadt, Ill., wears an unflattering coat of rust these days, but preservationists say the nearly 85-year-old landmark is as…