ROCKFORD — A long-time fun tradition returned to Midway Village Museum today. Sock Monkey Madness Day. The family event has been around for nearly 20 years. It's a day full of fun and games where ...

Sitting at 14 inches tall and made up of more than 1,400 Lego pieces is a custom sock monkey creation that 20-year-old Nathan Lilliebridge of Lake in the Hills hopes to make into an official set sold ...

HAYWARD — Dee Lindner didn't always know she'd become the "Sock Monkey Lady." The first time she recalls having seen a sock monkey was in the early 1970s, when her grandmother gave one to her nephew.

An Illinois museum's sock monkey collection has officially set a Guinness World Record. Michael Okun, the co-founder of the Illinois Sock Monkey Museum in Long Grove, said he had been working with ...

From sock monkeys to superheroes to dinosaurs to gemstones, these unique family-friendly museums have something for everyone. Here are five hidden gems throughout the suburbs to visit this summer.

I have a sock monkey collection. I have five of them and my collection is growing! Sock monkeys have been around since the 1800s. Sock monkeys come in many different costumes and styles. They can have ...