This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WGN Radio’s Dave Plier talks to Carol ...

I recently drove out to southern Missouri to visit some of my family. I planned on stopping at a couple places along the way to do some hiking. The Garden of the Gods is one of the most photographed ...

One either comes to the Central Garden, the most dramatic part of Garden of the Gods, and proceeds through the sandstone cathedrals or looks around for an escape route. The sidewalks packed with ...

There's no doubt about it; Illinois hiking trails can be seriously epic. And perhaps the first clue that one is a blue-ribbon winner is in the name. The first time I heard about "Garden of the Gods," ...

The Shawnee National Forest is a whopping 289,000 acres, with unique rock formations and dense forest to explore. This diverse landscape of forested hills, situated between the Ohio River and the ...