![Taste-testers feel the burn after trying some freshly blended horseradish at the Collinsville, Illinois, festival.](https://will.illinois.edu/images/uploads/49485/_mg_4900_0__medium.jpg)
If It Ain’t Got That Zing: A Weekend At The International Horseradish Festival
Two counties in southwestern Illinois grow the majority of the nation’s — possibly the world’s — horseradish. The city of Collinsville, population 25,000, straddles both Madison and St. Clair, and celebrates the root annually, hosting the International Horseradish Festival.