Illinois Tunnel Hill State Trail Ride the full 45 miles, one way, on the Tunnel Hill State Trail or make your trip a little shorter with an earlier turnaround anywhere along the path.

Will they or won’t they?” is a classic storytelling trope that amps up an audience’s emotional investment — usually in romantic situations. In the case of the on-again, off-again Derry Rail Trail ...

That’s Shawnee National Forest for you—a sprawling 289,000-acre paradise tucked away in southern Illinois near Herod that somehow remains one of America’s most underrated natural wonders.