If Claude Monet had painted Illinois instead of France, his canvas would probably look a lot like M & D Farms and Garden Center.
This Homer Glen destination transforms into an impressionist masterpiece each summer when acres of sunflowers bloom into a scene so stunning that art museums should be jealous.
Let’s address something that needs to be said more often: Illinois is criminally underrated when it comes to natural beauty.
We’ve somehow accepted this narrative that our state is just a flat expanse of corn and soybeans with Chicago stuck on one end like an afterthought…