More from Alton and Elsah

This is the view one has of the Mississippi River from a small parking lot at the entrance to Elsah where you can park so that you can just walk around the village:

Then, upon entering Elsah, this house is the first this one sees on the left:

As you drive on by, you'll see this on your left:

And this will be on your right:

Keep walking, and you'll find the Corner Nest Bed & Breakfast on your left:

Here's an example of one of the street signs used in Elsah. Also notice just one of the many beautiful houses in the background that makes you fall in love with the little village.

Here are just some more examples of what you see walking along Mill Street in Elsah.

After that, you come upon the Green Tree Inn, now up for sale. I would love for a friend to buy it and give me a few free nights each year though.;)

You also come upon this house which my family and I toured during an open house when we first moved to Illinois. It was pretty expensive though. When we toured it in 1996 or 1997, it was well over $200,000, which means with inflation, it's probably around $300,000-$500,000 now, maybe even more! It was a beautiful home, inside and out, built in the 19th century (sorry friends in Europe, but for the U.S., that's old). Plus, it's got a neat old garage in back with an apartment over it!

If you keep walking, there will be a place to buy wagons and buggies, now closed for a good long time. They may still use it for village civic activities or as a museum or something. I'm not sure.

You keep walking and see another beautiful cottage on your left.

You soon make a left after this and go over a quaint little bridge to find the Methodist church on your right across the street. Although you can't tell in this picture, the church has an adorable little mailbox that looks quite similar to the church on the church lawn.

You then continue on down the road and find the village hall on your left. Sorry, but there was just no way that I could get that power/telephone/whatever it's for line out of the picture.

You then continue on to find a little dessert restaurant on your left called My Just Desserts. I've never been there, but it's been featured a few times lately on the local morning show, Show Me St. Louis. I'm just dying to try it out sometime! There's this one in Elsah and another one in Alton. Across the street in the little building with the roof which hangs out over the entrance is the Christian Science Reading Room. This wouldn't seem so significant unless you've ever been to Elsah and realized that the vast majority of the population is Christian Scientist due to the only Christian Science college/university (for those in other countries, they're the same thing in the U.S. except for size) in the world (Principia College) being up a little side road about a mile or two. I would say that most of the traffic I saw going through Elsah that evening was heading to or from Principia in the white numbered vehicles they use to escort students around in. If you ever decide to visit Elsah, the campus is beautiful to drive around with some absolutely amazing buildings, and an incredible chapel, but be warned that you're being watched THE WHOLE TIME! Leaving your car is not allowed, you're only allowed on campus 10-15 minutes total, and if you drive off the tour path at all (as I accidentally once did), and official will instantly pop out and redirect you (as friendly as possible) in the right direction. When you get back to the front gate, they will also know that you accidentally got off the beaten path. It's pretty big brotherish. A beautiful drive just the same though. Thus being said, it's probably no big surprise that Elsah is such a small village, as the mortality rate in a religion which doesn't allow doctors would probably keep the town from growing much.

And to conclude my little photo tour of Elsah, Illinois, here's a picture of another bed and breakfast in town.

And that's the conclusion of my little photo tour of Elsah! I hope you all enjoyed it! Mind you, there were some pictures that I didn't get which I wish I could have, but that's just another reason to go back, huh?