A tour of Illinois’ small towns, villages and cities – the author includes history and geology, but emphasizes her interest in Illinois architecture. She travels to Galesburg via Tampico and DeKalb with a stop at Sheffield to view an old church and have lunch at Bishop Hill. In Galesburg, she visits Carl Sandburg’s house. Next she traveled to Nauvoo and Quincy. The Mississippi was receding from a flood. The tour went to New Salem and on to Springfield. She includes drawings of types of architecture found in rural and small town Illinois.