The Colonial Hotel at Vishnu Springs in western Illinois prospered on and off from the late 19th century through the 1950s. The resort town reportedly hosted between 2,000 and 3,000 visitors annually. Today it is closed to the public.
Signs forbid trespassers on the property of the formerly thriving resort town of Vishnu Springs, which deteriorated in the 1920s. It had a second life as a commune in the 1970s. Its third reincarnation is as a nature preserve and research center for Western Illinois University.
The Colonial Hotel at Vishnu Springs in western Illinois prospered on and off from the late 19th century through the 1950s. The resort town reportedly hosted between 2,000 and 3,000 visitors annually. Today it is closed to the public.
Signs forbid trespassers on the property of the formerly thriving resort town of Vishnu Springs, which deteriorated in the 1920s. It had a second life as a commune in the 1970s. Its third reincarnation is as a nature preserve and research center for Western Illinois University.