The story
Knowing we would attend a wedding in St. Louis, Missouri, one weekend and a bridal shower in Chicago, Illinois, the next, the two of us decided to turn the events into an excuse for a summer road trip through Illinois and parts of neighboring states from June 28 to July 4.
Sure, we had heard the Midwest buzzwords: Ethanol. Cheddar cheese. Barack Obama. But what else, we wondered, made the heartland of America tick?
The land of costumed interpreters 
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