Alan Solomon

Sometimes a clean room with a bed and bath is enough. Sometimes a lodging can be much, much more than that, and we're not necessarily talking blatant opulence here; were...

Traveling with children is a joy. Smiling kids, seat belts fastened, sitting in the back seat of the van watching the countryside go by, appreciating the changing landscape, commenting on...

Children would beg their parents to drive by slowly-- especially at night--so they could savor the lights, watch one of the Pair-O-Chutes float to the ground from an Erector-set tower...

If you're thinking of taking a quick trip somewhere, Labor Day weekend may be the time. Many airlines serving Chicago -- including volume leaders United and American -- are offering...

Despite the decades, the debate will not die. Did Babe Ruth call his shot or not? It happened--if it did happen--while Ruth was at the plate at Wrigley Field in...

(NOTE: All information from Tribunes dated Nov. 1, in 1860, 1900, 1940 and 1996.) The vital statistics: 1860--The Editor: Joseph Medill Circulation: 18,000 (1861 figure) Price: 3 cents (No Sunday...

The 1919 White Sox--the White Sox of Eddie Collins, Eddie Cicotte, Dickie Kerr, Ray Schalk, Buck Weaver and "Shoeless" Joe Jackson--are considered by baseball historians to be one of the...

When President Woodrow Wilson asked for a declaration of war against Germany on April 2, 1917, it surprised no one. When Congress issued the declaration four days later, it was...

The following are numbers to call to obtain free vacation planning guides for the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Also included are the state Web sites, if available....