DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Every day before visitors arrive, Katy Huggins is hard at work.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Where others feel fear, Connor Phares feels joy.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The roar of children playing may sound like chaos, but at the Children's Museum of Illinois, it's much more than that.

BEMENT, ILL (WAND): You can catch a glimpse into life during the 1850's at the Bryant Cottage Historic Site in Bement. 

MONTICELLO, ILL (WAND): There's no place like home, that is until you head over to Holly's Country Kitchen in Monticello.