Head to the Old Luxemburg Inn for a bit of Springfield Nostalgia!
It’s not fancy, but the Old Lux (formally named the Old Luxemburg Inn) is like visiting an old friend that serves affordable, tasty…
Category: Historical Travel
Museums, historical sites, historic figures
Edgar Lee Masters Home, a Petersburg, Illinois literary site
Petersburg Illinois is a beautiful town with some Abraham Lincoln roots. Not far from New Salem, where Lincoln spent years before moving to…
The Village Homestead, inspired by a country farmhouse
It was the first weekend in October when we were traveling to the Spoon River Drive that I spotted The Village Homestead, a…
Pike County’s Civil War Flag & Historic Museums!
The 3rd weekend of October is a special time in Illinois’s Pike County. The Fall Color Drive brings visitors to this county known…
Guest post from Sara Artley, Water Rites!
On a recent trip to Eastern Oregon, I stayed at the beautiful Cornucopia Lodge. Sara Artley and her husband Jeff manage the lodge…