Vernon Hills Trivia

Birthplace of College Basketball Player Bryan Piironen (Loyola Chi Ramblers)

Home of the Cuneo Museum. Originally built in 1914 by Samuel Insull, founder of the Commonwealth Edison Company. John Cuneo, Sr. purchased it in 1937 after the collapse of the Insull empire. The mansion remained the family home until his widow died in 1990. It is now an art museum. Scenes in the 1997 film My Best Friends Wedding staring Julia Roberts and Cameron Diaz were shot there.

Ancestries: German (19.2%), Irish (14.3%), Polish (10.3%), Italian (9.5%), English (6.6%), Russian (6.0%)