Find out what the Obama family likes to do in Chicago. Associated Press

Click here to find out all of President-elect Barack Obama’s favorite things about Chicago. Illinois, the Land of Lincoln, and also, the Chicago-land of Obama, want to get…

Fall colors along the Great River Road north of Alton, from 2002. Post-Dispatch file photo

Before you head out to see the leaves, check out these links to see where the fall colors are happening:

Alton’s fall color update
Missouri , then click on…

The annual Past to Present Festival gets underway at 9 a.m. today at the Saline County Fairgrounds on Route 34 North of Harrisburg in southeast Illinois.

 Today’s activities include daylong entertainment, craft booths, a flea market, petting zoo, wagon rides, food…

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - All National Park Service sites, including Yellowstone National Park, will offer free admission on Sept. 27, in honor of National Public Lands Day.

Click here to see what parks in Missouri are participating and here for Illinois.

National…

The Farmers’ Almanac is predicting Oct. 12-22 as prime autumnal splendor in northern Missouri and Illinois and Oct. 19-29 for southern Missouri and Illinois. And if you give and take a bit from each of those dates, colors for the…

This fall, Enjoy Illinois - the Land of Lincoln’s tourism arm - wants travelers to mix the turning of the leaves with presidential trails of favorite sons Lincoln, Grant and Reagan.

There are 3-day getaways for easy trip planning.

The Lincoln Trail focuses on…