Camp Grove, pop. <100 in Marshall County, has an independent bank. How many other communities with less than 100 people have an independent bank in their town? Picture taken for #CodysRoadTrips' Road Trip Random photo album. flickr.com/photos/2018335…

#CodysRoadTrips rewind: Plank Road in Peru is perhaps best known by Illinois travelers as the exit where Sapp Bros. is on I-80. However, the road has an interesting back story. Let's take a literary drive on it going north from Peru: codycutter.net/2024/12/20/pla…

Planning a very scenic #roadtrip to the World's Largest Upside-down W. Hope to take it before it snows. On a related note, there is no such phrase in a Google search for "World's Largest Upside-down W."

Herbert Hoover's home is closer to the Sauk Valley than Abraham Lincoln's. Not by much, though.

"Nipper" was the mascot for Victor Sound Machines, which later became RCA. This painted ad mural in Buda survives as a memory of it. Looks like it needs some work. That and more, in #CodysRoadTrips' Road Trip Random photo album: flickr.com/photos/2018335…

DYK: Before numbered highways arrived in Illinois, designated "motor trails" guided drivers from town to town around the World War I era. One of them is the Indian Head Trail. Coming soon on #CodysRoadTrips, a 3-parter on what's along this path from Peoria to Galena. (#31 on map)

The introduction to my soon-to-come 3-part series on the former Indian Head Trail, a World War I-era motor route from Peoria to Galena, is linked below. Before I write about sights along the way, here's an overview on it. Image: 1924 IL map #CodysRoadTrips codycutter.net/2025/08/11/ind…

Neat name for a liquor store in #Chillicothe. #CodysRoadTrips flickr.com/photos/2018335…

While the number of referees in Illinois has declined in nearly every year since 2012, a trend accelerated by the pandemic, at the same time, the IHSA has seen substantial growth in the number of referees ages 17-19 over the past decade

The newest edition of Small Town Living magazine for the rural Whiteside County community now is online. • Peanut Butter and Deli, Morrison • The Loft on Main Art Gallery, Morrison • Schafer's Fisheries ,Fulton • Steve Sullivan Photography ,Erie ⬇️⬇️ issuu.com/shawmedia/docs…

Photo album: flickr.com/photos/2018335… Before I write my 3-part series on the former Indian Head Trail early motor route, I have the pictures of things along the IHT between Peoria and Rock Falls posted. See X post from a few days ago for an introduction. #CodysRoadTrips

NEW: Part I of my Indian Head Trail series is up on #CodysRoadTrips, highlighting the stretch from Peoria to Princeton. Also includes Mossville, Chillicothe, Whitefield, Lone Tree Corners, Tiskilwa and some of Princeton. Read Part I below: codycutter.net/2025/08/15/ind…

Sometimes navigating paths without the help of signs can be tricky. I think this may help for this post: google.com/maps/dir/40.84…

Okay, so I got bored tonight and also published Part II of my 3-part series on the Indian Head Trail early motor route from Peoria to Galena. It highlights stops from Princeton to Rock Falls, via places like Matson Corners & Van Petten. #CodysRoadTrips codycutter.net/2025/08/15/ind…

#CodysRoadTrips rewind: In the far northeast corner of Putnam County, there is a small community named Mount Palatine. Not to be confused with Mount Prospect or Palatine. Not much is there now, but its street grid looks interesting. codycutter.net/2024/12/20/gho…

The War of 1812 had battle sites in the Quad Cities: Credit Island in Davenport and Campbell's Island in East Moline. I visited both of them in June, and they are the subjects of my newest #CodysRoadTrips post. codycutter.net/2025/08/19/the… #Warof1812 #QuadCities