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The Story of This Abandoned Tunnel in Illinois Is Eerily Fascinating

I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty fascinated by old, abandoned places. A state with a human history as long and storied ...
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'From Rails to Trails' Follows the Fight to Convert Abandoned Railroads to Pathways

In 1963, Illinois naturalist May Watts, inspired by walking paths she’d seen in Britain, wrote a letter to the editor of the Chicago Tribune, suggesting converting a stretch of abandoned railroad into ...