Wednesday Afternoon Diversion: Road Trip!

By Kevin Robinson in Arts & Entertainment on Apr 11, 2012 8:00PM

A few years back the Lonely Planet named the stretch of Historic Route 66 through Illinois from Chicago to St. Louis as number eight on a list of "Top 10 scenic drives" in the United States. Which got us thinking about how nice it would be to hop in a car, pop in a mixtape and go see some of the Midwestern splendor that abounds about us.