Best stops on I-55 in Illinois

All 124 exits ranked by what a road-tripper actually needs: real food choice, easy gas, 24-hour service, and the stops worth a detour. Winners below.

1. Exit 292B — Indiana

Milepost 292 · 29 places to eat · 13 gas stations · 10 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ National Public Housing Museum, Intuit: The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art

2. Exit 293D — Martin Luther King Drive

Milepost 293 · 29 places to eat · 10 gas stations · 11 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ Stony Island Arts Bank, DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center

3. Exit 40B

Milepost 40 · 29 places to eat · 14 gas stations · 24 hotels · ♥ Campbell House Museum, Scott Joplin House

4. Exit 293C — State Street;Chinatown;McCormick Place

Milepost 293 · 29 places to eat · 9 gas stations · 15 hotels · ♥ Shedd Aquarium, Lincoln Park Zoo

5. Exit 96B — South Grand Avenue

Milepost 96 · 18 places to eat · 4 gas stations · 12 hotels · ♥ Elijah Iles House, Old State Capitol

6. Exit 160 — Market Street;Pekin

Milepost 160 · 29 places to eat · 14 gas stations · 20 hotels · 24/7 travel center · ♥ David Davis Mansion, McLean County Museum of History

7. Exit 293A — Cermak Road;Chinatown

Milepost 293 · 29 places to eat · 15 gas stations · 11 hotels · ♥ National Hellenic Museum, Museum of Broadcast Communications

8. Exit 286 — Cicero Avenue

Milepost 286 · 29 places to eat · 23 gas stations · 9 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture, Ernest Hemingway Birthplace Museum

9. Exit 263 — Weber Road

Milepost 263 · 29 places to eat · 6 gas stations · 6 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ Isle La Cache Museum, Illinois & Michigan Canal Museum

10. Exit 290 — Damen Avenue

Milepost 290 · 29 places to eat · 16 gas stations · 5 hotels · open 24 hours · ♥ National Museum of Puerto Rican Arts & Culture, Waller Apartments

← Every I-55 exit in Illinois