Tag Archives: Illinois

A Winter Prairie

Posted on December 27, 2011 by matthew

Winter in the Midwest. The travel magazines always fail to tell you that the prairies can be as beautiful as the mountains. Continue reading →

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STL-BRU-HAM-LIM-WAW

Posted on May 25, 2011 by matthew

St. Louis to Brussels to Hamburg to Lima to Warsaw … on a plane … takes a long time. Continue reading →

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World Travel in Western Illinois

Posted on May 24, 2011 by matthew

A Western Illinois trip down the Mississippi River Road takes me to exotic locales: Brussels, Warsaw, and Lima. Continue reading →

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Brookfield Zoo Tax

Posted on December 27, 2010 by matthew

Travel expert Matthew Stone discusses how a 25-cent tax on zoo visitors at the Brookfield Zoo is an indicator of new tourist taxes on the horizon in 2011. Continue reading →

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