Mattoon

The original Burger King in Illinois is likely not the one you are thinking of.

Perhaps desperation is the wrong word to use to describe what one Illinois town will do to motivate you to move there and work. There's no mistaking the fact that they're offering a lot to whoever is willing to call their part of the Land of Lincoln home.

My son and I recently took a road trip down to Metropolis, Illinois for their annual Superman Festival. If you've ever made a north-south trip here in our state, maybe you stopped in Mattoon, a community of around 18,000 people in Coles County. Spencer and I did stop there ever-so-briefly on a beverage and bathroom run. Unfortunately for us, we chose a McDonalds for our pit-stop (nothing wrong wit