If you ever find yourself in the small town of Collinsville, Illinois, you won't be able to miss the world's largest ketchup bottle! This 65-foot hot sauce-shaped building is just one of many tourist attractions that contribute to a small town's charm and quirkiness. ...
Located just south of downtown Freeport, Illinois the railroad uses roughly 1-mile of ex-Milwaukee Road right-of-way (for a 2-mile round trip) which had to be completely rebuilt in the mid-1980s. Arguably the trip's highlight is crossing the small trestle over Yellow Creek. One of the...