The 21st century dawned four years late in Chicago. But when Millennium Park finally opened in 2004, residents quickly forgave the late arrival and cost overruns. The park is a monument to the City of...

Navy Pier has been through a lot since it opened in 1916 as an entertainment venue and Great Lakes cargo facility. During its life, the pier has housed soldiers, the Red Cross and civil defense units,...

Chicago is famous for its iconic architecture, but it's quickly gaining a worldwide reputation for its iconic public art as well.

The work of famous artists including Pablo Picasso, Jean Miro and...

Chicago is the adopted hometown of President Barack Obama, who gained his political bona fides, started his family and launched himself into the White House from the South Side. There are a smattering...

Chicago's Museum Campus was created in 1998 when the northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive were re-routed slightly west to make it possible to link three of Chicago's world-class museums—the Field...

Start at the corner of Chicago and Michigan avenues so you can snap a few photos in front of the historic Water Tower. Built in 1869, it's the second oldest in the United States. The Water Tower...

Michael Jordan. Mayor Daley. Al Capone. No matter where you go around the world, these are three Chicagoans people most want to know about. Al Capone was just a cocky tough kid from Brooklyn when...

Wrigleyville is the neighborhood around the "friendly confines" of Wrigley Field, home of the hapless Chicago Cubs. This legendary National League team has fans around the world despite not having...

Lincoln Park is the neighborhood surrounding the northernmost stretch of a parcel of public land, also called Lincoln Park, that is part forest, part lakefront, part wetland and part cultivated garden...

Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood has seen plenty of immigrant groups come and go. The first to arrive were Irish and Germans, followed by Poles and Czechs, who named the area after their hometown...

The Robert McClory Bike Trail may be known by many names, but it's soul has always remained the same-a straight, flat bike trail that traverses through Lake County, IL from Highland Park on the south...

The Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway traverses Lake County, Illinois, North to South, over 31 miles as it winds it's way along the Des Plaines River connecting preserves, local parks, and...

The Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway traverses Lake County, Illinois, North to South, over 31 miles as it winds it's way along the Des Plaines River connecting preserves, local parks, and...

The Des Plaines River Trail and Greenway follows the Des Plaines River through Lake County, IL from the Wisconsin-Illinois state line to Deerfleld, IL connecting 10 preserves as well as local parks...

Unlike typicall arrow straight rails-to-trails projects, this improved trail offers quiet and fun riding as it meanders lazily to and fro following the Des Plaines River.

The Des Plaines River Trail...

Chicago feeds on extremes, and on its own uncanny knack for reinvention—a trait that likely began with the Great Fire of 1871, which devoured one-third of the city. It’s hard to think of another...

Partly bordered by the Chicago River, River North is home to art galleries, boutiques, restaurants, bars, and clubs. There’s something for everyone here, and for every budget. Eat lunch at a Chicago...

Much of Lincoln Park was destroyed in the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, and the neighborhood rebuilt its residences with stone and brick. Now Lincoln Park is an exhibition of Victorian architecture....

A historically Swedish community, Andersonville today is a collage of cultures. Walk along Clark between Foster and Bryn Mawr, and you’ll come across hookahs, sushi, handmade soaps, pastrami...

Originally a warehouse district, West Loop is quickly becoming home to upscale residences, restaurants, and galleries. Many businesses occupy former warehouses, taking care to display the old brick...

Prominent Chicago businessman Potter Palmer built Palmer Mansion on Lake Shore after the Great Chicago Fire of 1871, establishing the opulent standard of the Gold Coast neighborhood. Today, the Gold...

Bucktown meets Wicker Park just north of the bustling intersection of Milwaukee, Damen, and North Avenues, yielding a hodgepodge of upscale boutiques and vintage shops; mom-and-pop eateries and...

The downtown track of Chicago’s ‘L’ train encompasses most of the neighborhood known as the Loop. Home to some of Chicago’s most prominent institutions and landmarks, the Loop offers one great...