For you own safety, do NOT visit Peoria.  Last time I visited, we stayed at a Ramada on War Memorial.  We came back from dinner around midnight.  I had hiccups, so I sat by the closed pool area (the sight and sound of water sometimes makes hiccups go away).  Almost immediately a worm of a night clerk came over and ordered me to leave.  I started to explain why I wanted to sit there (quietly, without booze or music or women) he whipped out his cell and called 911.  Not wanted police trouble, I went back to the room immediately.  Within minutes, four Peoria cops knocked on the door, put me in handcuffs (no kidding), then threw me, my wife, our two young daughters (crying hysterically), and our dog out into the night.  They said we were trespassing.  How we could be trespassing when we had paid for the room is beyond me.  I wrote letters to the Peoria cops, the mayor and the chamber of commerce, and Ramada but never heard a thing.  Ramada kept all our money.

Bottom line--Do NOT visit Peoria unless you like being abused by police, and do NOT stay at Ramada.  They may throw you out and keep the money.