College football game - Illinois

Champaign & Clinton, Illinois

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September 20th 2010
Craig and I have had a lovely couple of days in Champaign and Clinton, Illinois. While we have loved checking out the big cities that we’ve heard so much about, it’s really nice to get out into smaller towns. It’s not too busy and people are generally friendlier. And we always seem to stumble across cool things to do and look at. On Saturday we headed over to the University of Illinois in C ... read more

North America » United States » Illinois » Champaign

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Britain's American colonies broke with the mother country in 1776 and were recognized as the new nation of the United States of America following the Treaty of Paris in 1783. During the 19th and 20th centuries, 37 new states were added to the origina... ... read more