Chester, Illinois, is serving up a spinach-fueled adventure with its Popeye Character Trail. This town, the birthplace of ...

Alton is a town rich in history and tall tales—literally. Known for Robert Wadlow, the tallest man in recorded history, Alton ...

Georgia election officials say turnout is running so high with early in-person voting and absentee ballot returns that polling places could be a “ghost town” on Election Day on Nov. 5.

While I am almost 100% sure I have never seen a ghost, I can tell you for sure that Rockford, as a town, claims to have seen more ghosts than just about anywhere else in Illinois. The Ghostly ...

Another Illinois town voted to pass a local grocery tax. See how much grocery shoppers in your community could lose if your local leaders also impose the tax. Highland, Illinois, voted to ...

With Halloween approaching, exploring Greece’s most terrifying ghost towns and haunted houses feels especially fitting. When one takes into consideration the country’s long and vast history, it is not ...

But do ghost stories detract from the specter of ... Construction of the prison began in the late 1850s, when Illinois’ first state prison, in downstate Alton, became too overcrowded.

LA SALLE, Ill. (WMBD) — “Grease” star John Travolta visited a restaurant in La Salle this weekend. People from Uptown Grill confirmed on their Facebook page that John Travolta and his flight ...

The Cairo-Cape Town Highway, also known as Trans-African Highway 4, is a part of the transcontinental road network being developed by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), the ...

Industries including sawmills and the railroads laid the foundation for Montgomery County's future in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Around these hubs of business, communities like Fostoria, Waukegan ...