Illinois (surnamed Land of Lincoln or The Priairie State) is a Middle West State of the United States of America and it is bordered by Lake Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Missouri, Kentucky and Indiana. The name comes from the Indian “Algonquin” meaning „warrior, courageous man”. With its 140,998 km² it has 12,831,970 inhabitants (ranked 5th) more than the fifth part of the population being concentrated in Chicago, the third city in the States, and its second industrial centre. Many important American companies have their headquarters here: Boeing, McDonalds, United Airlines or Motorola. Besides Chicago, there are also important cities such as Springfield (the capital of the state), Aurora, Rockford, Naperville or Peoria.
The climate is humid continental with hot summers and cool winters. It also has quite a lot of thunder activity and tornadoes.
Outside Chicago the state remains mainly agricultural, with important cereal crops and breeding (pigs, sheep, and caws). As for industry the center of the state is the headquarter of two giants of machinery and equipment: John Deere and Caterpillar.
Illinois can proudly say to be home of Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in Springfield, the largest library in the US. Sports are also very popular, baseball or basketball teams like Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, White Sox or the Bears are teams that accompany fans’ life forever.
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- Detroit to Chicago flight + 2 nights hotel $381
- Minneapolis to Chicago flight + 2 nights hotel $381
- From Detroit: flight + 2 nights hotel to Chicago $381
- From Minneapolis: flight + 2 nights hotel to Chicago $381
- Indianapolis to Chicago flight + 2 nights hotel $396
- From Indianapolis: flight + 2 nights hotel to Chicago $396
- Kansas City to Chicago flight + 2 nights hotel $401
Recently posted travel guides for Illinois
Aurora travel guide, Illinois
Aurora, the second largest city in the state of Illinois, United States, lies on the banks of the Fox River near Syracuse. It has about 168,180 inhabitants and it is part of Chicagoland. Its actual nickname was adopted at the beginning of the 20th century as a result of the fact that the city was the first to implement electric street lighting in 1881. ... Read more »
Decatur travel guide, Illinois
Decatur is the largest city in Macon County, in the U.S state of Illinois. Called “The Soybean Capital of the World”, it was founded in 1823 and it has a metropolitan area population reaching 110.000 inhabitants. Being located in the Heart of Illinois along with Forsyth, it is the perfect hub to explore the central part of the state.... Read more »
Decatur history, Illinois
Stephen Decatur Jr. was the hero of the famous war that went on from 1812 to 1815. It was fought between the British Empire and the United States of America. The city was named after him. Since then this city has turned out to be the hub of National Trust for Historic Preservation and is part of the United States Main Street Program. ... Read more »
Springfield sights, Illinois
The city of Springfield is the city of Abraham Lincoln and the huge number of historical monuments which are related to him in some way or another. The touch of such a famous personality makes this city a very important tourist hot spot in the United States.... Read more »
Springfield travel guide, Illinois
Springfield is the capital city for the state of Illinois, US. It is also the county seat for Sangamon County. The importance of this city increases, as Abraham Lincoln spent some of his precious years here. In 1908 the city was hit by a race riot as two African Americans were killed, although the law had never found them guilty of anything.... Read more »
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