The 172 year old German settlement of Maeystown is just one of a handful of villages in the state of Illinois listed in its entirety on the National Register of Historic Places. Some 60 stone, wood and brick structures remain from the 1800's.
Today the bed and breakfast, general store, sweet shop, museum and visitors' center, numerous residences and the 1867 church have been restored. The one lane stone arched bridge leading into town stands as the centerpiece of the village.