Illinois is second only to Ohio for the most Sears ready-to-assemble kit homes. These customizable homes were affordable to many immigrant and minority workers. Read more
Choose from an Edward Dart estate, an English manor home by the architect behind the original Playboy mansion, and a sprawling ranch from Frank Lloyd Wright's son Lloyd Wright. Read more
Named for the locally sourced Bedford limestone that makes up their facades, they can be found all over the city, in a variety of forms—from condos in multi-unit buildings to a beautifully preseverved home in a Gold Coast development built by Potter Palmer near his lakefront castle. Read more
You can own a piece of the suburbs' rich history, like one of "tomorrow's homes," a beautifully preserved Victorian, or a "bootleg" Prairie Style house that's (probably) by Frank Lloyd Wright's draftsman. Read more
Get an indoor pool in a swinging Brutalist house, a cabin with a horse barn by a forest preserve for under $500,000, or a midcentury modern woodland estate. Read more
From a modestly sized and priced no-HOA townhome to a supersized split-level designed by "the Blonde Builder of the Suburbs," the simple style offers a lot of options. Read more
From fake Frank Lloyd Wright, to a home within an Orland Park oasis, to a sprawling, sunny ranch with a horse barn, you can find a lot of green space by going south. Read more
