Sure, it's home to big, brash Chicago, but there are a lot of lower-key historic and natural charms, too, including capital Springfield, historic Galena, various beautiful state parks, and sites related to Abe Lincoln, Lewis and Clark, and the legendary Route 66.
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Conchi Martinez Now that summer is almost upon us, family vacations are very much on the menu. For those interested in heading to the USA, this blog has covered the country's famous "Windy City" in various ways, including the jazz scene, multiculti dining, movie locations, the city's Spanish connections, and all-around cool attractions which appeal to most everyone. Chicago, and the surrounding area of Illinois, however, can also be aces for a brilliant family holiday. Let me count the…
Read more…Cooperstown Baseball Hall of Fame Louis Kaplan is channeling his childhood. While a youngster, he collected baseball cards which he stored in boxes and treasured as souvenirs of the USA's favorite pastime. Decades later, he’s reliving that time while visiting the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, upstate New York. Opportunities to recapture memories from the past are of course not limited to baseball, nor to New York. From Coca-Cola to cars, movies to museums,…
Read more…Astride Lake Michigan, the USA's third largest city is a fantastic place to visit, from its highrise downtown - with famous buldings including 47-year-old Willis Tower (once the world's tallest building, and known as the Sears Tower) and the 1920s-era, neo-Gothic Tribune Tower - to some of the world's best museums and shopping, and gets around 50 million tourists each year. read post
Read more…Welcome to February! Since 1970, it's also been Black History Month in the USA, and since 1995 in Canada, as well (whereas it's observed in October in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and the Netherlands). And though the reason for the African diaspora was tragic and horrific - the brutal, centuries-long trafficking of human slaves - it has also enriched many parts of the world, and indeed, world culture as a whole. So what better way to kick BHM off than with a look at a dozen of the most…
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Our focus on The World on Wheels this week is the Second City. It's a classic trip to Chicago: http://tinyurl.com/ygs5r2o
Thanks, Amanda! Great suggestions. I've been a few times but not all that recently, so just wanted some ideas to bring me up to date.
I work in the tourism industry here in Chicago and would be happy to give you tips if you want to shoot me an email to abooth@hiusa.org. My top recommendations would be: Millennium Park (for a free concert or just to hang out and take fun pictures by the Bean), Willis Tower (or as we will forever call it, Sears Tower) Skydeck or Hancock Observatory, Bobby's Bike Hike bike tour, architectural or historical boat tour (I like Chicago Line personally), catch a Cubs game, Lincoln Park Zoo (one of the last remaining free zoos in the country), visit any of the numerous neighborhoods each with their own vibe, ComedySportz show, etc. Too many things to choose from! If you want a museum, check out Museum of Science and Industry, Shedd Aquarium or Art Institute. Have FUN!!!
Hi, all! I'm heading to Chicago in the coming days to do some writeups for Tripatini. Any travel/tourism tips/contacts most appreciated!
Last week's Fields of Dreams report celebrated the century anniversary of baseball's oldest park. Today, it's a younger stadium...only 98. On The World on Wheels, we update the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field with...count 'em...five pricing tiers AND dynamic pricing. You'd have thunk they were the world champions or something: http://tinyurl.com/247fu9u
That's what they say Ed - and the politicians are still the windiest thing in the state!
Darryl, that's quite a story about the Library Station. No matter how often it happens to you and Tim, I'm sure it's always irritating. Is it true that the Windy City got its nickname -- not from the winds blowing off the lake, but from some turn-of-the-century blowhard politicians?
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