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Close your eyes and try to imagine the ideal place where you can have a private oasis and enjoy your horses, too. There's a place in Camp Point, Illinois where that is a possibility.

There is still plenty of time this summer to take a trip and visit one of the best beaches in Illinois.

I've read time and time again about people in other states who've made it a game or bucket list thing to hit every single restaurant from their state that has been featured on TV's Diners, Drive Ins, & Dives. If you're up for a similar challenge, take a look at where you'd go if you wanted to do the same thing here in Illinois.

In the 1980s this waterpark (with a very interesting name) was one of THE places to go in Illinois, and now it lays ruins which are still visible today.

It seems like jealousy is alive and well in the bug kingdom here in Illinois. With all the attention that's been lavished on cicadas, it's only natural that some other bugs might be feeling a little left out. Maybe that explains the crazy surplus of June bugs (or, June beetles) that are making their presence known in Illinois. But...that's probably not the reason.

I hate to sound like one of those guys who start sentences with "Back in the day...," but seriously, don't you remember seeing a lot more fireflies...um...back in the day?

Experience a culinary adventure at the 2024 Indiana State Fair with over 140 food vendors offering a variety of delicious fare, including these 40 new items.

For those who have been arguing that Illinois would be an absolutely perfect state if we just had more taxes to pay and some new laws to follow, the good news is that Illinois state government listened to you. The bad news for the rest of us is that Illinois state government listened to you.

You may have never, ever thought about this one, and that's okay. But, now that it's been asked, you just realized that you have never seen a baby pigeon in Illinois ever. Here's why.

Longtime baseball broadcaster Harry Caray has been gone for 26 years, but his legendary drinking exploits are still talked about and referred to. Sometimes, legends turn out not to be true, but the legendary boozing that Harry did seems to be pretty accurate. Here's how much he drank, by his own count.