Hotels

I wouldn't look at this recent reports of bed bugs in Illinois if I were you, but you obviously did anyway, so that probably means you're about to travel and you might have concerns about places in the Land of Lincoln you might stop at. Spoiler Alert: you are right to be afraid...so very very afraid.

This might sound a bit odd to say, but I really could not care less what guys like me think. Seriously, I have an opinion just like everyone else, but what I consider to be the best of anything truly does not matter. This is an example of what I think does matter. Thousands of travelers were asked what the best hotel chain is and their top choice has dozens of locations in Missouri.

There's not much left inside of what used to be a fun little waterpark in Illinois. While much of the structure remains intact, it's a shadow of its former self before it was closed after being condemned.

There was a 24-hour restaurant and you could see the shower from the bed.

One of the scariest movies of all time involved a motel and Norman Bates, but even he might not have seen the scariest motels in Illinois according to the experts who have ranked them.

Experts rate the worst hotels and motels in Missouri you should avoid at all costs.

Once again lawmakers in the Land of Lincoln are attempting to ban more of the single-use plastic you use in your life. Here are the details on the plastics they are trying to ban this time...

If you're a traveler who frequents the Branson, Missouri area, there's good news as one of the newer hotels in that area was just voted by readers of a major website as one of the top 10 in America.

Missouri has many places with well-known reputation for being playgrounds for the paranormal. However, the scariest place in the Show Me State is likely not a location you've been to or heard of. It has just been declared the scariest place in Missouri and that's likely not wrong.

I don't mean to question what I've just come across, but I will admit that I'm surprised to hear pretty much any hotel in Missouri referred to as "one of the best in the world". That's exactly what's happened to a scenic place to stay in Branson.