With thousands of acres in East and West Fairmount Park and too many destinations to name, there’s (literally) a lot of ground to cover when it comes to finding the best places to park yourself.

The Illinois track was sold last year to Chicago-based Accel Entertainment, whose general manager is former Keeneland vice ...

Trolleys ran through Fairmount Park until 1946 (one of the stops: an amusement park!), and now the tracks are being converted into a paved trail. One and a half miles of the 4.5-mile path are ...

Horse trainer and breeder Scott Becker alongside Wildwood Sicilian, a 6-year-old thoroughbred horse, on Thursday, March 6, 2025, at Fairmount Park in Collinsville. Brian Munoz When Fairmount Park ...

Anthony J. Drexel led America’s first private and nonprofit public art organization for more than two decades. His statue on campus is just one physical representation of his larger legacy championing ...

Fairmount Park is the largest landscaped urban park in the world – it’s bigger than Central Park in New York City – with more than 2,000 scenic acres affording opportunities for hiking ...

It’s been a long time coming,” said Scott Becker, a horse trainer and owner from Belleville, whose family has been racing at ...