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Orpheum Science Museum; First Lego League; Great Pumpkin Patch; Cave-In-Rock
Episode number: 611
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WILL has fun and learns something about science at the Orpheum Children's Science Museum in Champaign; we watch some amazing kids designing and building robots and structures out of Legos; we travel to Rockome to meet the Condill family and walk through their pumpkin patch; we travel to Cave-In-Rock State Park and see the natural wonders there
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Cape Horn Adventure; Paul Idleman
Episode number: 609
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WILL takes to the seas to travel by boat around Cape Horn; we pay tribute to Paul Idleman and his career as rock and roll photographer.
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The Whip Guy; Tom Hawk; Ray Walsh
Episode number: 607
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WILL watches Chris Camp, the Whip Guy, perform; we visit set designer Tom Hawk and learn about his trade; we meet Ray Walsh and learn about his beloved collection of tractors.
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Christian County Coal Mining Museum, Cahokia Mounds, Allerton Park
Episode number: 606
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WILL travels to Taylorville to see a museum dedicated to the history of coal mining; we travel to the Cahokia Mounds and learn about the ancient Native American city that once thrived there; we walk through Allerton Park in central Illinois
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Train Special: Monticello Railway Museum, Miniature Train Town of Rayville, The Inter-Urban Line
Episode number: 605
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WILL travels to central Illinois to the Monticello Railway Museum; we meet Ray McIntyre and spend a day at the miniature town of Rayville; we learn about the history of the Inter-Urban Train Line.
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Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop, Bagelfest, Oakland Bakery
Episode number: 604
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WILL goes to Springfield to eat at the Maid-Rite Sandwich Shop; we celebrate Bagelfest in Mattoon; we show a classic Prairie Fire episode from 1992 about the Oakland Bakery
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