DeKalb, IL chicken restaurant clucking for more than 50 years

Lothson’s Karry-Out, which specializes in fried chicken, has been in business in DeKalb, Illinois since 1949. It has been at its current location along the Lincoln Highway since around 1957.

Lincoln Highway mural in Oswego, IL honors Boy Scouts

The Illinois Lincoln Highway Coalition’s latest mural installation, in the Illinois town of Oswego, pays tribute to the Boy Scouts and their installation of thousands of concrete markers along the Lincoln Highway in 1928.

Midwest art exhibit includes Lincoln Highway roadside

An art exhibit by William Scarlato, art instructor at Benedictine University in Lisle, Illinois, includes a painting of a blue Quonset-hut bar along the Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, Illinois.

Another cookbook from the creator of the Illinois Lincoln Highway cookbook

David Alan Badger, who has written and illustrated several cookbooks such as Recipes from the Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway, has put together another one called The Meeting of the Great Rivers.

Bill and Karen’s excellent Lincoln Highway adventure

Bill and Karen, of Lafontaine, Ontario, Canada, are blogging about their latest two-lane road trip adventure along the Lincoln Highway.

Illinois Lincoln Highway murals receive national awards

The Illinois Lincoln Highway National Scenic Byway received a 2011 Scenic Byway Award for its “Interpretive Gazebos and Murals” project at the National Scenic Byways 2011 Conference in Minneapolis.