2 of the top 3 U.S. hotels are in Chicago, report says
Chicago is no longer home to the top hotel in the country, according to U.S. News & World Report, but two out of three ain’t bad. The annual rankings of...
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Great Wolf Lodge sets opening date for Gurnee water park, starts taking reservations
The first Great Wolf Lodge water park resort in Illinois has an opening date: July 1. That’s when Great Wolf Lodge Illinois — the 17th North American location for Chicago-based...
Cuban revolutions: Biking the island’s back roads on a trip through time
In Cuba, the plan is that few things will go according to plan. It’s essential that you arrive with an open heart, a curious mind and a supreme level of...
Events: 20 must-do events in Illinois
Since we're only a few days into the new year, that brand-spanking-new 2018 calendar of yours is probably long on blank space. Let us help fill it up with 20...
200 things every Illinoisan should do at least once in a lifetime
Editor's note: The story below was written to kick off the first installment of our bicentennial bucket list, which is now complete. Click here to see all 200 entries on...
‘Top Chef’ takes on Denver, where food scene is reaching new heights
Let’s play a game: I’ll name a city, and you think of food associated with that place. Ready? Denver. What comes to mind? Omelets? Rocky Mountain oysters? How about bison,...
Conrad Chicago hotel offering rooms for $11.14 a night, starting Tuesday
Conrad Chicago turns 1 year old Tuesday, and the hotel is marking the occasion by giving customers a present: overnight stays for $11.14. Get it? Nov. 14. $11.14. The drastically...
In the wake of river cruise success, Backroads launches fleet of ocean trips
The active-travel company Backroads is diving deeper into the cruise business with a boatload of new oceangoing trips for 2019. California-based Backroads announced that it's partnering with various cruise operators...
Breathtaking fall bike adventures
Cooler temperatures and colorful scenery make autumn a pretty much perfect time for a bike ride. Some of the best places to take a two-wheeled adventure are on former railway...
Carve out some time to visit Illinois’ mega pumpkin patch
Few things say "autumn" like a pumpkin. And few things say "pumpkin" like Mac Condill's family farm in east-central Illinois, the country's leading pumpkin-producing state. The Condills' Great Pumpkin Patch...