People with money couldn't resist visiting Chicago to see the city -- and tens of thousands of lives -- in ruins after the great fire.
There are LOTS of answers to that question. Here's one.
After losing his Senate race, Abraham Lincoln pubished the record of his debates with Stephen Douglas, a strategy that helped him win the presidency.
More than 1,000 photographs are already available, with thousands more on the way.
Photos capture a precarious moment in Cairo, Ill., after a young man's death in police custody.
'Complete Darkness': Looking back at the loss of Mary Lincoln and her beloved Tad
Document donated to Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum puts the spotlight on a key moment in the Civil War ... and in all of American history.
For Women's History Month, a look at the women connected to artifacts displayed in our Treasures Gallery.
The ALPLM is restoring GAR documents, including material from Black posts.
Claims that Lincoln was left off Southern ballots in 1860 don't account for the way elections were conducted back then.