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Uncover the mysteries surrounding the closure of the iconic Hooters establishment in Illinois.

There is a donut shop in Illinois just a 15-minute drive from the Wisconsin border that takes the title of the Best Donut Shop in the Land of Lincoln.

I've ridden many a roller coaster in my day and this one in Illinois is rather tame by comparison. However, it has a history that tells a different story. Over 46 years ago, it injured 31 people in two different incidents just weeks apart.

Some of the sights and sounds at Six Flags Great America will feel familiar in 2022, but there have been some major improvements under the hood.

The Chocolate Sanctuary in Gurnee, Illinois uses cocoa in every dish they make, and we're not just talking about desserts here.

If the fastest acceleration in North America combined with the tallest and fastest double-inversion in the world appeals to you, you're gonna love this.

Y'know, I'll never forget my last ride on a roller coaster. Because that's what it was--my last ride on a roller coaster. I was in my early 20s, and despite having had a miserable experience on every previous roller coaster spin I'd taken, I thought that this time would be better, because a very pretty girl asked me ever-so-sweetly to ride with her. That was a big error on both our parts. Read Mor

Six Flags theme park in Gurnee announced it would be closed today.

Just before my high school graduation ceremony in May of 1981, our graduating class was warned to "not throw your caps in the air at the end of the ceremony." We did it anyway, and miraculously, there were no injuries. Had we been warned to "not do any backflips to celebrate," I most definitely would have complied.

I remember when my dad turned 60 years old. I asked him how it felt to be that age, and he pointed out that it didn't really matter to him what the number was, he was just happy to keep having birthdays (he got 24 more). He also said that after turning 40, the time between birthdays seemed to shorten from a year to about 6 months.