Posted
on December 3, 2016
On
this date in 1818, Illinois became the 21st state in the
United States.
Illinois
is home to the third largest city in the U.S. (after NYC and LA). Any
idea what it is?
This
city is famous for its awesome skyline, for deep-dish pizza, and for
hot dogs!
Check
for the name below...
But
Illinois is not just one amazing city. Also on offer is the
unutterable beauty of Starved Rock State Park:
Take
a peek at Illinois Beach State Park – and note that this beach is
not on an ocean, but is instead on Lake Michigan:
Cache
River Wildlife Refuge is swampy and full of wide-flared cypress trees
(and sometimes full of egrets!):
Giant
City State Park has some really unusual (in other words, weird) rock
formations:
ANSWER:
Chicago,
Illinois, is the third largest city in the United States.
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