It's one of the longest and most vital roadways in Wisconsin, but over the years it's gained a reputation not just as one of the most deadly roads in the state but also one of the most deadly in all of America.
It's deadly now, but used to be even worse. The truth is that the most feared road in Missouri has very much earned the deadly reputation it's developed for decades.
I have slept at a rest stop before and I don't recommend it if you don't have to. That one was not in Illinois which is fortunate because the law about whether or not Illinois thinks that is OK is very complicated.
It's a more complicated issue than you think. Can you legally sleep overnight at a rest stop? Believe it or not, there are many states where that's illegal. But, what about Missouri? I've done some research and learned exactly what the law says.
I have fully accepted that I was not born to understand everything, but I'm mystified about why there is a provable trend of people fleeing Florida for rural Missouri. There's real science and data to prove this is happening.
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.