Tag: courthouse squares

  • Chili, Neon, and a Courthouse Dome: Carlinville, Illinois

    Chili, Neon, and a Courthouse Dome: Carlinville, Illinois

    I rolled into Carlinville, Illinois, on a bright February afternoon back in 2020. The sky was full of pillowy white clouds and the courthouse dome rose above East Main like a crown. Route 66 once passed through here, but only briefly, from 1926 to 1930. Even so, Carlinville feels like the kind of place where

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