Eccentric Roadside

 The Collinsville, Illinois tower dates back to 1949, and when the Brooks company relocated to Indiana in 1959, the bottle remained. ...

"I don't like country music but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate...

Collinsville is a cute little town... ...and they've got another nice, albeit more traditional, water tower. They know how to put on a n...

Route 66's Riviera was one of Al Capone's old haunts. Out back, they've got a great old streetcar diner. Illinois has a great st...

We had some fun riding around Chicago on top of one of those open air double-decker buses. I couldn't get enough of the buildings and si...

Two stories, two lanes of drive-through, too too much! It looks more like an airport than a McDonald's. They've got some cool pop c...

Springfield, Illinois has a lot to offer the eccentric roadside attraction fan, not the least of which is a glorious stretch of Route 66 tha...

"Can I take your order?" "Yes, I'd like the burrito as big as my head, with the enchilada as big as my sternum, the chalu...

The late, great Holiday Inn sign Looking out the back of the station wagon with a Holiday Inn sign on the horizon... life is sweet! The inte...