Friends of Fox River Grove Municipal Library - 8th Annual Young Authors Project

There are many options for day camp this summer. The McHenry County Conservation District and McHenry County YMCA offer various programs. Check with your local park district for their offerings as well, and your kids are bound to have an eventful, fun summer vacation.

McHenry County Conservation District Summer Day Camps.

Beat the winter blues. McHenry County Living has compiled some great ideas for your kids when the weather keeps them indoors.

Richardson Farm, home to the world’s largest corn maze.

Tom's Fall Festival

Ease your stress; spend time in the pages of these great reads suggested by Arlene Lynes of Read Between the Lynes in Woodstock.

Railroading through McHenry County

This circa 1910 postcard shows one of the huge wooden ice house that lined the shores of Crystal Lake. In the foreground, men split ice cakes with a "breaker bar", guiding them up a nifty ramp and pulley system that hauled the heavy blocks up for storage in the ie house beyond.

Abraham Lincoln Returns to Illinois 200 Years later.