If you enjoy camping, there's one place in Illinois that comes highly recommended and it can accommodate 129 tents. It was just named the best place to camp in the Land of Lincoln.
Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated by the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World (The Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Statue of Zeus, Temple of Artemis, Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, Colossus of Rhodes, and Pharos (Lighthouse) of Alexandria).
Ever since I was a kid, I've been fascinated by the 7 Wonders of the World. Since I've neither the time or the finances to fly over to Greece, Egypt, etc., I'm looking into substituting the 7 Wonders of Illinois with the ancient world.
The massive fire that took place at Grand Bear Resort in Illinois on Memorial Day left more than destruction behind, now there could be a huge snake on the loose!
When you've lived in a state for your entire life, it's sometimes jarring to find out something about its history that you had absolutely no idea about.
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) says to arrive early in the day and be alert for traffic delays and parking closures at Starved Rock and Matthiessen state parks this Labor Day weekend.