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The Chicago skyline backdrops the Chicago Jazz Festival at Millennium Park’s Pritzker Pavilion on Sept. 4, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Conde Nast Traveler readers name Chicago ‘Best Big City’ for 10th year in a row

By Robert Channick

October 6, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

Conde Nast Traveler received nearly 800,000 votes for this year’s Readers’ Choice Awards, which cover...

Olivia Estrada, the on board manager, carries plates of food to the dome car for guests aboard a Patrick Henry Creative Promotions private rail car as it travels from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri, on May 19, 2026. Private train cars may seem like a relic of the past, but for some rail fans, nothing beats having — or renting — your own sleeper car. (Jamie Kelter Davis/The New York Times)

The quiet allure of private rail

By The New York Times News Service Syndicate

October 2, 2026 at 6:15 p.m.

Private rail cars traveled 429,000 miles on Amtrak in fiscal year 2025, according to the...

Cary Sabados shops for chocolate at Hotel Chocolat in Lakeview on Feb. 12, 2026. This Lakeview location, opened last April, was the first Chicago store. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago-based Hotel Chocolat going nationwide with airport concessions, grocery stores and new retail markets

By Robert Channick

September 23, 2026 at 12:37 p.m.

This fall, Hotel Chocolat will pop up at 49 airports, hit the shelves at Wegmans,...

FILE – Vehicles wait in line to cross the border into the United States at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, Tuesday, March 18, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America

By Julie Watson

March 21, 2025 at 8:59 a.m.

Since President Donald Trump took office, there have been other incidents of tourists like Sielaff...

A view from Babeldaob Island's northern tip in Ngarchelong State, Palau appears on Dec. 27, 2024. (Nicole Evatt/AP)

The Pacific diving paradise of Palau wants travelers to explore its cultural depths, too

By Nicole Evatt

March 19, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Efforts to encourage activities like village tours and handicraft workshops appears to be helping tourism...

A tourist holds an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she walks in Manarola in the Cinque Terre National Park, near La Spezia, Italy, on Aug. 13, 2024.(Marco Bertorello/Getty-AFP)

Paths to paradise: A hiking trip in Cinque Terre, Italy, goes beyond the crowds to uncover sweet surprises

By Lori Rackl

March 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Visitors flock to this part of northwest Italy, chasing their own version of la dolce...

Fall Creek Falls State Park in Spencer, Tennessee, is known for waterfalls and hiking trails. Fall is the perfect time to take excursions from bustling Music City into the surrounding countryside, where a variety of natural and cultural adventures await. (Sarah Reid via The New York Times)

Caves, waterfalls and Loretta Lynn’s Ranch: Three day trips from Nashville

By Colleen Creamer

March 5, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

There's more to Tennessee than Music City, where visitors come in droves. Here are ways...

FILE – City of Miami Beach police officers respond to an incident during spring break, March 15, 2024, in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

Miami Beach mayor says no to getting back together a year after breaking up with spring breakers

By David Fischer

March 2, 2025 at 9:10 a.m.

Miami Beach broke up with spring break last year and city leaders still aren’t interested...

Toronto’s food scene is varied and vast. More than 15,000 restaurants are spread across the city, the fourth-largest in North America. (Destination Toronto)

Tasty Toronto: Pamper your palate with a trip around the world, all within Canada’s multicultural metropolis

By Lori Rackl

February 26, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The fourth-most populous city in North America — a magnet for immigrants — has a...

This image taken from video released by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025, shows the crashed plane of Delta flight 4819 at Toronto Pearson International Airport, in Mississauga, Ontario, on Tuesday, Feb. 18. (Transportation Safety Board of Canada via AP)

Plane that flipped over in Canada highlights some of the dangers of holding kids on your lap

By Josh Funk

February 22, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

A crash landing of a Delta Air Lines flight in Toronto has highlighted the potential...

Hot air balloons, carrying tourists, rise into the sky at sunrise in Cappadocia, central Turkey on Aug. 7, 2018. (Emrah Gurel/AP)

Rising with the sun over Cappadocia, a hot air balloon offers a meditative view of central Turkey’s ancient landscape

By Terri Colby

February 12, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

Balloon rides are a modern attraction in a country that’s home to Europe’s largest city,...

Sajdah Wendy Muhammad gives a tour of the home being restored as the Elijah Muhammad House Museum in the Kenwood neighborhood, during a Chicago Black Muslim History Tour on Dec. 6, 2024. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

Telling their own story: South Side bus tour delves into Chicago’s key role in America’s Black Muslim history

By Ahmed Ali Akbar

February 9, 2025 at 9:24 a.m.

The driving force for the tour is the idea that Black Americans and Muslims must...

This photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, shows a small commuter plane that crashed in western Alaska on a flight that was bound for the hub community of Nome. (U.S. Coast Guard via AP)

Here’s what we know about a commuter plane crash in Alaska that killed 10 people

By Associated Press

February 8, 2025 at 11:15 a.m.

Authorities are working to recover the wreckage of a plane crash in western Alaska that...