I grew up in Missouri, but I didn't play Dungeons & Dragons. Apparently I was the exception based on a new ranking that says when it comes to tabletop D&D, Missouri is almost king.
It happens more than you think, but it's not captured on video very often. A massive waterspout dropped from the sky over Lake Michigan near Milwaukee, Wisconsin and churned its way across the water.
There's a new outbreak of an old foe and it's especially affecting people who live in Illinois. It is believed that this occurrence is because of something many have in their backyards.
Just because you can doesn't mean you should. Keep that in mind as I share details of how you can have a pet raccoon in Illinois, but there are things you need to know first.
There's one type of ice cream that's been distributed in Illinois that could be extremely hazardous for your health which has led to a recall because of possibly fatal contamination.
One of the benefits of growing up in or near Illinois is having so much history around you. That includes Abraham Lincoln and the many places in Illinois where he visited. There is one fact about him that you might not know and that's the fact that his body was exhumed 17 times after his assassination.
I'm gonna take a wild guess and say that you probably have a list of things you'd like to do in your lifetime. If your bucket list includes diving to explore shipwrecks, there's a lake in Illinois that can make that happen.
Coins don't always have to be rare to be valuable. That's the case for a 1984 penny you might easily come across in Illinois. There are many that have an error on Lincoln's ear that could make them worth thousands.
It appears that just about anything can be turned into a playground. Don't believe me? I can prove it with an Illinois park that is full of playground equipment, but it used to be a missile launch site during the Cold War era.