Shawnee National Forest

Whether you call it Sasquatch, Bigfoot, Yeti, or any of the other names it is known as, folks in Illinois are celebrating this big, furry cryptid and you're invited!

For about the price of a peppermint latte, you can buy a permit to cut a live tree from one Illinois forest. Here's what you need to know.

Normally, the more beautiful the hike the more difficult it is to do. This Illinois hike is the exception. It's a short hike that just about anyone can do, but it takes you through scenic and massive rock canyon walls.

A former Southern Illinois biology teacher shares beautiful photos of "frost flowers" taken near Shawnee National Forest and Cedar Lake.

If you don't mind being a little daring, there's a hike you can do in Illinois that will take you across one of the most scenic structures in the state. It's a 90 foot stone bridge and there are no railings to hold onto.

If you have ever dreamed of foraging for fungi in the depths of one of America's most beautiful forests, don't miss this festival in Shawnee National Forest.

The 2nd Annual Shawnee Sasquatch Festival returns to Southern Illinois in 2022.

Two different meteor showers will dazzle the night sky over Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee this October. Here's everything you need to know.

There are leisure hikes, sight-seeing hikes and hikes you go on for a little bit of exercise. This twelve-mile hike is none of those. It's not for the beginner.

There aren't many locations that allow you to walk up to the edge of a waterfall, but that's exactly what's possible in the Illinois Ozarks.