No,

we just want you to stay maybe one night or two nights on a road trip in our area.

And we're really a road trip destination.

We're about a three- to five-hour road trip.

Our target markets are Chicago, Central Illinois, St. Louis, the Paducah, Kentucky, Evansville, Indiana market, and the Indianapolis market.

So a good three to five-hour road trip destination.

And our region's made up of 39 communities, so we have a lot of partners.

But

When I think of road trips across my life, even in adulthood, I think of the big stuff, right? What kind of big things can I see along Route 66 without ever leaving Illinois?

In Collinsville, Illinois, just before you go into Missouri, and Southwest Illinois is the world's largest ketchup bottle, water tower.

It's spelled C-A-T-S-U-P, Catsup.

That was the Brooks Ketchup Bottle Company.

And we have several of these giants.

They've dotted the road from Chicagoland all the way out to California.

But Illinois has a very large collection of the giants.

Where can I stop to eat and drink along this way?