Plan your autumn escape
Here's a sobering statistic: U.S. workers, on average, take only 12 of their 15 paid vacation days, according to the online travel company Expedia. If you don't want to be...
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Family fun on the farm in Indiana
Show the kids that food doesn't just magically appear on grocery store shelves with a visit to Fair Oaks Farms in Northwest Indiana. Make no mistake: This agritourism attraction 75...
Great Wolf offers sneak peek of its first water park resort in Illinois
Great Wolf Resorts on Wednesday revealed new details and the first renderings of its water park lodge opening next year near Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. The $60 million-plus...
Southwest Airlines touts 5 flights with prime solar eclipse view — complete with ‘cosmic cocktails’
Want to see the Aug. 21 solar eclipse from the sky? Then Southwest Airlines says it has the flight for you. Make that five flights, to be exact. The Dallas-based...
Florida Keys resort gives a hero’s welcome to military, first responders
The family-friendly Hawks Cay Resort in the Florida Keys is making a visit extra enticing for past and present members of the military, police officers, firefighters and EMTs with its...
Get a first look at the ‘new’ Ritz-Carlton Chicago, $100 million later
After 18 months and $100 million, the "new" Ritz-Carlton Chicago debuts this week, capping off the biggest transformation in the history of this elder statesman of the city's luxury hotels....
Spend a ‘Weekend in Havana’ with new PBS special
Cruise ships, commercial flights and tour operators are all taking curious Americans to Cuba. At 8 p.m. Tuesday, it's WTTW-Ch. 11's turn. That's when the PBS affiliate debuts "Weekend in...
10 things to do in Havana: Tips from WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer
WTTW producer and host Geoffrey Baer got to know Cuba's capital city last year while making the upcoming PBS special "Weekend in Havana," premiering Tuesday. Here is Baer's curated list...
Illinois corn maze celebrates Cubs World Series win
The theme of this fall's corn maze at Richardson Adventure Farm in Spring Grove is based on the biggest thing to happen in Chicago last fall: the Cubs World Series...
Solar eclipse is southern Illinois’ chance to shine
Southern Illinois is about to have its moment in the sun — and out of it — Aug. 21. That's when a total solar eclipse will make its way over...