Belleville City Council has taken action to strengthen the city’s ban on public camping, which police and other officials ...

The second largest of the Great Lakes by volume, Lake Michigan has 1,600 miles of shoreline in four Midwest states: Michigan, ...

Turn off the Moo Deng livestream and see pygmy hippos in Chicagoland. You can visit Banana at Brookfield Zoo’s Pachyderm ...

Some incredible travel destinations are hidden throughout the humble state of Illinois ... and more in the park's 16 ponds.

ST. LOUIS — Veterans Day is Monday, Nov. 11, and the St. Louis area is honoring veterans and active-duty military personnel ...

Over the past 60 years, Congress has designated millions of acres as Wilderness, including over 57 million acres in Alaska.

The following is a diary written in 1963, and has been edited minimally to maintain the original spirit in which it was ...

When visiting southern Illinois, you must check out Ferne Clyffe State Park, which offers hiking trails, camping and the opportunity to fish on Ferne Lake. There are also several playgrounds in the ...

Boatzon looked at the economic and environmental importance of the 10 largest lakes in the U.S. Lake sizes and locations are ...

Ten days driving down 'the Mother Road' revealed a country whose obsession with its own past is at odds with its precarious future.