Well worth some exploration, downtown Edwardsville has grand old buildings from the turn of the 20th century and a big directory of locally-owned businesses. You can shop for antiques, homewares, fashion, handicrafts… See more

The oldest brick house in Edwardsville is owned by the city and open to the public as a museum. In the Federal style, with … See more

In downtown Edwardsville’s collection of impressive landmarks is an opera house built by the Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) and opened in 1909. You can still see the initials IOOF, on a plaque above the f… See more

South of downtown Edwardsville, the Leclaire Historic District protects a neighborhood that was a separate village until it was incorporated into the city in 1934. Leclaire was founded as a Utopian model work… See more