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If you bounce around the internet researching the best deep dish pizza in Chicago, there's one name that finds itself at the top of many lists: Pequod's.

Hopefully you have had a chance to celebrate your birthdays in grand fashion. However, it's unlikely you've done it with as much volume as 2 Illinois zoo lions who just roared into their 6th year.

It's not common to be physically attacked when you're ghost hunting. It's even wilder to think that the attack might have come by the ghost of a famous gangster, but that's exactly what one investigator had happen when he was exploring an Illinois jail.

We have all been there, the breakup and the aftermath in dealing with it. Some of us just bounce right back, others take some tie, but according to a Google Trend search, Illinois residents seem to eat one snack in particular when dealing with a breakup...

All of us are ready for pool days, but one pup in Illinois is starting a little early on his tan.

These new bills that could be signed into law soon include things like what you are allowed to bring to the state parks, school lunch requirements, and even a bill giving Illinois a State Rock.

People just assume Illinois is two things: Chicago & Corn, but a website claims that there are 9 different areas of Illinois that all have their own personalities and I totally agree with this take.

Illinois is famous for Deep Dish Pizza, the Chicago Cubs, and Navy Pier, but also home to some of America's most infamous serial killers.

When it comes to food, a bird's gotta do what a bird's gotta do. A new video proves that size doesn't matter as a tiny Illinois bird did a funky dance to scare off a competitor.

Exploring abandoned places is very popular these days and I've shared many with you. However, this is the first time I can show you what was found inside one of these decaying structures with news that it's about to be reborn. That is the case for a now-empty Pillsbury factory in Springfield, Illinois.

It's moments like this that make me question whether the benefits of social media are worth the trouble it sometimes causes. A new viral door-kicking challenge has now arrived in Illinois with numerous reports of damaged caused by it.

It's never a good thing when a building burns down. The best case scenario is no people are hurt as stuff can always be replaced. However, one Midwest building burnt down and the "stuff" was very unique including a limousine and a Lamborghini kit car.

I'm a fan of waterfalls so there's a good chance that I'm not being objective about this, but I believe that Thunder Bay Falls in Illinois is more than worth a road trip. I'll attempt to prove my point of why you might want to bucket list this water sight.

If you ever wanted to own your own island, here you go!

Why are three Illinois kids now sick with a rare, severe form of hepatitis? That's the question puzzling medical minds.

Illinois has the highest tax burden in America with Iowa also in the top 10.

If you ever dreamed of owning your own mall, there's one in Sterling, Illinois that could be yours for $1.42 million.

It's about that time, when we'll start seeing make-shift roadside stands set up, ready to sell morel mushrooms. They're like lemonade stands but for middle-aged men.