Bishop Hill

But I was kind of intrigued that there's a Swedish scene, a Swedish kind of town in Illinois.

Yes, Bishop Hill.

So this was really interesting.

It was founded in the 1800s by Swedish folks who were they were facing religious persecution in Sweden.

So they wanted to come to the US, as many folks did, and have religious freedom and found their own community.

So it's called Bishop Hill and the religious tradition part of that didn't survive, but many Swedish folks did come and settle there and they still maintain a lot of the Swedish traditions there.

So you can see Swedish architecture from the 1800s and there are some historic buildings and they have Swedish restaurant, They maintain different handcraft traditions, making things.

So you walk around and it's really a town whose architecture and tradition are preserved from long ago.