Christopher David Benda stands along side the state champion bald cypress, No. 2 on the Illinois Big Tree Register, in the Cache River ... check out the interactive map of IBTR champions.

A 3,000-mile stretch of road that cuts right through our region is being recognized for its scenic beauty. Great River Road goes through Savanna, Illinois, and was named the "Best Scenic Drive" in ...

An AccuWeather map ... Illinois, among other areas, in its Fall Colors Trip Planner. In southern Illinois, it lists areas in and around Shawnee National Forest. It also suggests the Great River ...

Peorians have long been aware that steamboat men on the Illinois River had certain lusty “natural appetites,” and many Peorians saw no reason to ignore them. The town’s distilleries turned ...