Located across the Chicago River from the northwest corner of the Loop (and directly west of The Magnificent Mile), the River ... proximity to the University of Illinois at Chicago campus, Little ...

Nestled along the curves of the Illinois River just outside the town of Hennepin is the country ... pollute a nearby aquifer and disturb topsoil as new pipelines are built. Map by Lauren Cross, ...

Situated about halfway between Kansas City, Missouri, and Indianapolis, St. Louis overlooks the Mississippi River on the Missouri-Illinois border ... venture a mile south of the Saint Louis ...

If you’re planning a road trip through Illinois, you won’t want to miss some of the state’s most unique and quirky ...

An American Airlines plane carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter outside ...

Nestled in the heart of Illinois, there’s a hidden gem that’s about to rock your world. Lowden State Park isn’t just another patch of green on the map – it’s a slice of paradise that’ll make you ...

Nestled in the heart of Illinois, Lowden State Park is the kind of place that makes you wonder if you’ve accidentally wandered onto the set of a Bob Ross painting. It’s a 207-acre slice of paradise ...

The Black Hawk helicopter's black box has been recovered and is in "good condition," the NTSB said today. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The Mississippi River cut a channel to the Des Moines River ... one at Pontoosuc were important enough to be noted on many area maps at the time. The population of the territory grew and Illinois ...

Seven or eight hundred thousand years ago, our section of the Ohio River was an insignificant stream flowing north, and the region to the south which was to become the ancestral homeland of hoopies ...