Explore Chicago's history for free this week and again at the end of the month. The Chicago History Museum is offering free entry for Illinois residents from January 19 to the 23. There are also free ...

I grew up in Western Pennsylvania during Pittsburgh's post-steel lull, when industrial sites like the Homestead Steel Works sat abandoned, and some areas had a housing vacancy rate of over 28% — the ...

Asia’s oldest luxury hospitality brand has three properties in the United States. In June, The Peninsula Chicago will be ...

I first fell in love with the idea of moving to Chicago 11 years ago, on a visit to the city while I was in college. Chicago sure has changed a lot since then, from its riverfront, which has ...

Since the holidays, many of us have spent winter days cooped up inside, shuttling between work, school and home while the calendar crawls toward spring. If you ask us, there’s never been a better time ...

Chicago is a city that rewards the curious. World-class architecture rises along a glittering riverfront. A sprawling lakefront stretches for miles beneath an ever-changing sky. And around nearly ...

Cloud Gate, also known as The Bean, an iconic art structure in Chicago's Millennium Park - Sean Pavone/Getty Images "You wake up in Chicago, pull back the curtain, and you KNOW where you are. You ...

Abandoned Pullman Factory, a red brick building with a missing roof, boarded windows, and ivy, beside a smaller red brick building with a clock tower, surrounded by ...