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The property at 6816 N 1025 E in Wilkinson, Indiana has been featured on Zillow Gone Wild, NBC Chicago, and IndyStar.

Do you need some more holiday cheer? These hilarious redneck photos should do the trick! Cousin Eddie and Jed Clampet have nothing on these laugh-out-loud, fun-loving families.

It's the season of giving, so let's look at everything that occurred at Christmas Wish this year. You helped 2,038 less fortunate families celebrate the magic of the holiday season.

Every year at the Christmas Wish Headquarters you read a letter that touches your heart. This holiday season an Owensboro wife wanted to find a way to honor her husband.

We've been hearing for years about something called "Outbound Migration" here in Illinois, which is a fancy way of saying "kissing a state goodbye." Illinois may no longer be the state leading the nation in outbound migration, but we're near the top. Ever think about where you'd move if you left Illinois?

Sure, we've had cicadas around here before, but next May will bring tens of millions of them out of the ground here in Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin, as Brood XIII cicadas emerge with numbers as high as 1.5 million cicadas per acre!

You showed us your fabulous elf adventures, and now it's time to name the winner in our Elves Gone Wild Photo Contest. After close to 16,000 votes, here are your Top 5.

There's no shortage of cool, fun, and interesting holiday things to do in and around the Rockford area, and the rest of Illinois offers up some great things, too. However, no one will think you and your family are being disloyal to the Land of Lincoln if you hop the border to check out what's going on in Franklin, Wisconsin.

We asked for photos of your elves being mischievous, and you didn't disappoint. Here are the submissions, and now it's time to vote for your favorites.

The best Christmas displays can be found in one convenient interactive map.

We all know elves can be a little naughty, so capture them in action, share the fun, and win big!

A wealthy Barrington Hills, Illinois toy collector, a death, and a multi-million dollar mansion filled with vintage toys, all of it left behind.