All About Alton logo The Snyder's Department Store was built in 1874 at the corner of Piasa and Third streets. The store was one of Downtown Alton’s busiest mercantile centers. This photo also shows ...

All About Alton logo The Elijah Lovejoy Memorial is part of a new "Freedom to Equality" Black history tour by the Great Rivers and Routes Tourism Bureau. The tours include the Underground Railroad, ...

In another timeline, Alton Towers and Drayton Manor have a serious rival to their Midlands leisure dominance. It would've been themed after "ye olde England" and described as a "British Disneyland", ...