Council Overhang is seen on an autumn morning at Starved Rock State Park, which was recently ranked among the best “great value” state park stays for 2025. EJ_Rodriquez Getty Images/iStockphoto Three ...

The massive metropolis of Chicago may hog all the limelight in Illinois, but sprinkled among its shadows are a bevy of bijou towns set in the wide-open wilds of the Midwest. Case in point: Oglesby.

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America’s national park system has 424 units, but statistically, visitors tend to flock to only a few. The same holds true for the country’s state parks, despite often boasting equally jaw-dropping ...

Calling all fellow leaf peepers! It's our time to shine. Soon, those beautiful colors will be draping the Georgia landscape, and it's time to start planning your weekends around the fall foliage.

CHIMNEY ROCK, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Park officials at Chimney Rock State Park report a popular hiking trail is opening for visitors again. Skyline Trail is one of the highest elevations in the entire ...

As the summer disappeared like smoke, my family — including my wife Beth and high school-aged daughters Eleanor and Abigail — decided to take a hike up to Chimney Rock in Whitewater State Park. The ...

Arkansas has big plans for Petit Jean State Park. They include rock-climbing routes and mountain bike trails. But some of the locals are concerned. Turning the century-old state park into a ...