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Southern Illinois
Jaw dropping natural beauty, palette pleasing wine and Beatle George Harrison's secret vacation hideaway:  The Road Trip uncovers surprising Southern Illinois!

Central Illinois
Days of cheap gas, no TV, Abraham Lincoln and The Hippie Memorial: The Road Trip hits Springfield and Central Illinois.

Northern Illinois
Illinois' world famous adolescent dinosaur, an award-winning Japanese Garden and a train lover's paradise: The Road Trip unearths the treasures of Northern Illinois.

Southwestern Illinois
Human sacrifice in Illinois's largest city (one thousand years ago), Civil War Ghosts by the Mississippi, and a man-eating bird?  The Road Trip scares up some wild tales this week in the Southwestern Region.

Western Illinois
Where can you take a two-night Riverboat Cruise, sleep in a caboose and find replacements for your Grandmother's Royal Doulton china?  Why, in Western Illinois, of course - as seen on The Road Trip.

Chicago, Illinois
The Road Show hits downtown Chicago for a perfectly wild Windy City weekend: "Wicked," the musical, a Lakefront tour on a Segway, childhood regression at Cereality breakfast bar, and family friendly lodging in the Loop for cheap!

Chicagoland Suburbs
It's high suburban adventure when Ben discovers Western Lowland Gorillas in Brookfield, the origins of Tarzan in Oak Park, the secrets to the Universe at Argonne National Laboratory in DuPage County and finally indulges in a "Death by Chocolate Slumber Party" at a Woodstock bed and breakfast. What a State!

   

       
 
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