The 2.5-mile road in Union County, Illinois, runs north to south along the base of towering limestone bluffs, a man-made obstacle between the swampy floodplain of the Big Muddy River and the ...

Southern Illinois' "Snake Road" is closing earlier than usual this year, according to officials with the Sawnee National Forest. The reason? Warmer weather. Officially, the road is classified as ...

Can you imagine Happy Valley as a muddy swamp? A long time ago, it was known as Wong Nai Chung Valley, which translates to “yellow mud stream”. It had no racecourse, and it was not a nice area ...

Southern Illinois' "Snake Road" is closing earlier than usual ... a man-made obstacle between the swampy floodplain of the Big Muddy River and the ancient bedrock. The Big Muddy is itself part ...