Road trip: Peoria to Kankakee
In 1999, a book called The Places Rated Almanac offered a ranking of American cities in terms of their desirability as places to live. There… Read More »Road trip: Peoria to Kankakee
In 1999, a book called The Places Rated Almanac offered a ranking of American cities in terms of their desirability as places to live. There… Read More »Road trip: Peoria to Kankakee
Heading into Decatur on Illinois Route 48, you quickly begin to sense a pattern. You pass a field of corn followed by a field of… Read More »Roadtrip: Decatur, from corn to soy to cricket city?
The first thing I do when I come to an unfamiliar city is look for where I want to eat. This is in part because… Read More »Roadtrip: In search of the “statistically improbable restaurant”
Sunday morning in Youngstown Ohio, I almost put my road trip to an abrupt halt. I had just visited a surplus store near downtown which… Read More »Roadtrip: Side quest in Northern Ohio
Every place is a palimpsest with layer upon layer of history written atop one another. Every so often you have the opportunity to scratch below… Read More »Roadtrip: Buried, with dignity, in Elmira
Binghamton, NY, seat of Broome County, NY Population 48,000 Peak population 81,000 in 1950 Former home to Endicott Johnson (shoes), major IBM plant Now home… Read More »Roadtrip: A Square Deal in Binghamton