ancient ruins
Cahokia Mounds
The largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico, featuring massive earthen mounds including 30-meter-tall Monks Mound, center of a Mississippian civilization metropolis.
55 km · about 65 min drive
Illinois, United States · North America
Mount Olive sits on the route: 15 minutes from Benld, 55km from Cahokia Mounds.
Mount Olive is a town located in Illinois, United States. With a population of 2,013, it is an important destination in North America.
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The Soulsby Service Station is a historic service station in Mount Olive, Illinois. The station is located along historic U.S. Route 66 and is the oldest usable service station on the highway in Illinois. It serves as an example of the house and canopy gas station design.
Henry Soulsby built the station in 1926 afterRead more
an injury forced him to leave the mining industry and operated it along with his children Russell and Ola Soulsby. His son Russell, a World War II naval communications technician, operated a radio and TV repair business out of the station as Interstate 55 diverted highway traffic away from the site in the late 1950s.
The station stopped pumping gas in 1991 and closed in 1993. It currently operates as a small museum.
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Mount Olive is located in Illinois, United States, North America. The coordinates are 39.0723 latitude, -89.7273 longitude.
Mount Olive has a population of approximately 2,013 people, making it a town in United States.
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ancient ruins
The largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico, featuring massive earthen mounds including 30-meter-tall Monks Mound, center of a Mississippian civilization metropolis.
55 km · about 65 min drive
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