I needed a little escape, and so I grabbed a canoe, my camping gear, and picked a dead-end lake with a single campsite on it.

The $46 million reconstruction of Randall Road in Algonquin and Lake in the Hills is 90% complete, according to Algonquin and McHenry County officials, but carrying the project across the finish line ...

It's every paddler and backcountry camper's worst nightmare: you're snuggled to your sleeping bag after a long day of paddling when you wake to the long and constant drum of thunder. Soon, the sky is ...