The Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy is the largest and oldest veterans’ home of the four in Illinois and one of the larger and older veterans’ homes in the country. Peak membership was reached in 1909 when there were 1,654 members with today’s residents numbering approximately 450. The Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy has often been labeled as "the city within the city" because of its size and unique set up. The facility is comprised of over 25 buildings and sits upon 210 beautiful acres on the northern edge of Quincy. It is equipped with its own post office, bank, assembly hall, guest house, mini post exchange, chapel, cemetery, lake, animal park, museum, and several military related historical sites. It not only generates its own electrical power, but also owns and maintains it own water, sewer, gas, telephone, data network systems its own publication and television station as well.
The All Wars Museum is located on the grounds of the Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy. The museum has been in operation since 1975. The mission of the museum is to preserve and exhibit artifacts and equipment relevant to the history of America's military engagements. The museum has over 5,000 artifacts from every United States military engagement dating from the Revolutionary War through to today’s current conflicts. The museum has put these artifacts together into exhibits arranged in a timeline of the history of military engagements of the United States of America. Large pieces such as helicopters, tanks, jeeps, and a Titan II missile can be seen outside of the museum and at places throughout the grounds. The grounds can be visited by the public and also feature a bison and deer park. The All Wars Museum maintains a resource room that is open to anyone wanting to do research on military history.
Quinsippi Island is part of the Quincy Park District and in the late sixties and early seventies was developed to be a tourist attraction. The island included a sky ride from the river front to the island, a marina, log cabin village, steam locomotive, and had planned on adding more had the park been successful.
Now you can take the one lane bridge across the river to the island. The log cabins still remain and the Annual Frontier Settlement Day holds a display of life in the 1800's. There are also trails around the island that lead to small sand beaches and a train bridge.
This is a nice blog describing the island today. http://frerxadventures.blogspot.com/2009/08/quinsippi-island.html
Woodland Cemetery was planned by politician John Wood and opened in 1846, the cemetery is a product of America's rural cemetery movement of the mid-nineteenth century. The cemetery's grave markers include smaller Victorian monuments and large Gothic Revival and Neoclassical structures. The cemetery was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.
Like most cemeteries there are claims that it is haunted and ghost tours are put on by Quincy's Historical Society though out the year. The cemetery is built on a hilly bluff, walking shoes recommended.