ILLINOIS

(does not include Chicago)

EFFINGHAM COUNTY
Effingham
Restaurants
●Firefly Grill – 1810 Avenue of Midamerica (140 miles from Indianapolis); 217-342-2002; ffgrill.com; enormous wooden barn rising out of prairie with vegetable garden and irrigation pond off to one side; try elk shepherd’s pie or beef Wellington.



LAKE COUNTY
Ingleside
Sights & Sites
●Volo Bog State Park – 28478 West Brandenburg Road; 815-344-1294; dnr.state.il.us/lands/landmgt/parks/R2/volobog.htm.



MADISON COUNTY
Hartford
Sights & Sites
●Lewis & Clark Camp DuBois State Historic Site – 1 Lewis & Clark Trail; 618-251-5811; campdubois.com/html/history.html; served as winter camp & starting point for Lewis & Clark Expedition; founded at confluence with Rivière du Bois (Wood River) on December 12, 1803; located on east side of Mississippi River so still in US territory; important because transfer of Louisiana Purchase to France from Spain did not occur until March 9, 1804 & then from France to US on March 10, 1804; expedition returned again to camp on their return journey on September 23, 1806.



PEORIA COUNTY
Peoria Heights
Restaurants
●June – 4450 North Prospect Road; 877-682-5863; junerestaurant.com; farm-to-table restaurant; try roasted eggplant pierogi with carrot curry emulsion.



SAINT CLARE COUNTY
Collinsville
Sights & Sites
●Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site – 30 Ramey Street; 618-346-5160; cahokiamounds.org; largest archaeologial site north of Mexico; Indian mounds; World Heritage Site.



SANGAMON COUNTY
Grandview
Restaurants
●Ritz’s Li’l Flyer – 2148 North Grand Avenue East; 217-528-0862; try “horseshoe” sandwich (toasted bread base, meat, sauce, covered with potatoes).

Springfield
Restaurants
●D&J Café – 915 West Laurel Street; 217-753-1708; capitalcitymenus.com; great hashbrowns; try “horseshoe” sandwich (toasted bread base, meat, sauce, covered with potatoes).
●Ritz’s – 700 West Jefferson Street; 217-523-7680; facebook.com/Ritzslilfryer; try “horseshoe” sandwich (toasted bread base, meat, sauce, covered with potatoes).
Sights & Sites
●Lincoln Home National Historic Site – 413 South 8^th Street; 217-492-4241; nps.gov/liho; house, purchased by Lincoln & Mary Todd Lincoln in 1844, is only home Lincoln ever owned; 12 rooms, 2 floors; during time he lived here, Lincoln elected to House of Representatives (1846) & elected President (1860); Lincoln’s son, Robert Todd Lincoln, donated to Illinois (1887) on condition would forever be well-maintained & open to public at no charge; as of 2014, only National Park Service property in Illinois; along with Lincoln Home, several other structures within 4-block area also preserved.