Highland, IL

united states

Highland lies about an hour east of St. Louis via I-70, Exit 30. This Madison County town of 10,000 sits among rolling farmland where corn and soybeans dominate the landscape. State Route 143 runs north-south through town, connecting to Greenville and smaller rural communities. Most long-distance visitors use I-70, while locals rely on surface streets for daily trips to nearby Triad or Marine. The nation's oldest continuously operating brewery, Gerst Brewing Company, has been making beer here since 1869.