photo by Lina Walz-Salvador Illinois Caverns State Natural Area, formerly Burksville Cave, Mammoth Cave of Illinois, Egyptian Cave and Eckert’s Cave, is the largest cave in Illinois open for public tours. This showstopper was originally thought to be larger than Mammoth Cave in Kentucky and features a variety of...
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Mini-Flood 87: Fort de Chartres State Historic Site
photo by Mark McKeown Site of the original French Colonial fort and later occupied by the British, Fort de Chartres is today a faithful recreation of what European life in the Mississippi Valley was really like. photo by Sue Rakers
Photo Flood 126: Collinsville
Photographer Mike Matney Home to the world’s largest ketchup bottle, Collinsville straddles Madison and St. Clair counties in Illinois; Belleville lies to the south, Edwardsville to the north, and is only 15 miles from downtown St. Louis. The city has a population of 24,366 according to the last census....
Collinsville
Collinsville is a city in St. Clair/Madison County Illinois, and is part of the St. Louis metro region. Photo Flood 126
Photo Flood 125: Granite City
photo by Jason Gray Granite City is the third largest city in Southern Illinois, and an important former company town responsible (in part) for the region’s and the nation’s industrial growth. photo by Mike Matney
Photo Flood 107: Edwardsville
photo by Leana Miller Edwardsville is a quietly significant historic city in the metro-east region of St. Louis, that has grown increasingly over recent years as a center for education and the arts in Southern Illinois. photo by Jason Gray