Interstate 55: St. Louis, MO to Springfield, IL Driving Audio Tour

This self-guided GPS audio tour brings to life the land, the towns, the people, and history to the places and sights you pass as you travel along Interstate 55 from St. Louis, MO to Springfield, IL. It transforms a monotonous ride into an stimulating, enjoyable, and no longer boring journey.

A safety note: Always focus on the road, drive safely, and obey all traffic laws. Nothing on this tour requires your immediate or prolonged attention. If something you hear inspires you to explore an attraction further, turn off at the next exit and take local roads to where the attraction is located. Your best view of every attraction is NOT from the Interstate, so do not pull over or slow down because of the tour.

The audio plays automatically at the right time and place using your phone's GPS and the VoiceMap app.

Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product

Pass By: Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, 30 Ramey Dr, Collinsville, IL 62234-7617

A prehistoric civilization best known for the large earthen mounds they left behind lived here. The civilization thrived here for 600 years before mysteriously disappearing sometime before 1350 CE. The center of their civilization was dominated by Monk’s Mound, the largest prehistoric earthen construction in the Americas.

Pass By: Union Miners Cemetery, Mount Olive, IL

One of the most famous advocates for the rights of miners was Mother Jones. She was once called the most dangerous woman in America. She died in 1930, and is buried at Union Miners Cemetery in Mt. Olive, the only union-owned cemetery in the United States.

Pass By: Pink Elephant Antique Mall, 908 Veterans Memorial Dr, Livingston, IL 62058-1073

Welcoming us to Livingston is the Pink Elephant Antique Mall, with its larger than life fiberglass men, women, ice cream cones, flying saucer, and of course, pink elephants.