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The district expects to have a land-use plan and conceptual master plan by 2030. “With these foundational plans in place, the forest preserve will be well-positioned to pursue external funding ...

Beaches might be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Florida or California but likely not when ...

Find out the best stops along Route 66 on a Chicago to Los Angeles (or Los Angeles to Chicago) driving trip across the USA.

Yes, it's true. Visitors who come to the Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve on Saturday, June 20, may feel more like they’re in the southwestern United States than rural Muscatine County, Iowa.

Here’s an inside look at the the state’s successful push to boost tourism across its inspirational southernmost region.

Standing on the edge of a 300-foot limestone bluff in southern Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest, Machaela Sweeney could ...

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is hoping a user will emerge for Oak Cottage in Naperville’s Greene Valley Forest ...

Just a short drive from Chicago, this dramatic beach has been a popular destination for decades, offering a peaceful ...

One of the most remarkable aspects of Cedar Bog is its role as a living museum of plants that have survived since the last ice age – botanical time travelers that persist here while having disappeared ...

Modern conceptions of the Civil War grossly underestimate the importance of political union as a motivator to the northern psyche, said Professor Gary W. Gallagher, speaking Monday at the Miller ...