Illinois Cajun Country: Near Starved Rock Is A Place To Get Your Fill Of Gator

Finding Old California at Mission San Antonio de Padua in Jolon The first time I saw Mission San Antonio de Padua — on something of a whim, just because it was nearby at the moment — I was bowled over. Like every product of the California public school system, I had learned about the missions in the fourth grade, and by early adulthood I had visited most of them.

A lighthouse built in 1799, an airport terminal that helped launch the 747 and the world’s first domed, air-conditioned sports stadium. Separated by miles, styles and disparate histories, they have one thing in common. On Wednesday, they were named three of the nation’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP).

Daytona International Speedway will start a $375 million renovation of its grandstands next month, with plans to complete the project by 2016, speedway officials said Tuesday.

A killer-whale calf owned by SeaWorld Entertainment Inc. died this week at Loro Parque, a marine park in Tenerife, Spain.

United flight from Denver lands in Seattle after discovery of oil filter problem.