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Sure, it's home to big, brash Chicago, but there are a lot of lower-key historic and natural charms, too, including sites related to Abe Lincoln and Lewis and Clark (not to mention, more recently, Barack).

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6 awesome adventures for families in and around Chicago

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…

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Litchfield's Ariston Café in 'Nostalgia Front & Center in Some U.S. Museums & Eateries'

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,…

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5 fantastic places to visit in Chicago

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

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Chicago's Pullman Porter Museum cited in '12 Top Destinations for African-Diaspora Travel'

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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Amanda Dwyer June 15, 2012 at 8:01pm

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!!!
David Paul Appell June 15, 2012 at 7:52pm

Hi, all! I'm heading to Chicago in the coming days to do some writeups for Tripatini. Any travel/tourism tips/contacts most appreciated!
Darryl Musick April 25, 2012 at 5:34pm

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

The World on Wheels

An ongoing adventure of travel and living while using a wheelchair. Tim has been disabled from birth. Darryl is his father and caregiver who travel…
Maureen Blevins April 25, 2012 at 4:35pm

That's what they say Ed - and the politicians are still the windiest thing in the state!
Ed Wetschler April 23, 2012 at 5:38pm

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?
Maureen Blevins July 7, 2011 at 5:59pm

Galena is definately one of the prettiest spots in Illinois!
The Steamboat House July 6, 2011 at 12:41am

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Maureen Blevins April 2, 2011 at 7:01pm

Well, after being in Reno, Nevada for the past few years I have come back to my home state of Illinois. Can't wait to take the train into the Windy City! Beautiful, beautiful Chicago.
Ed Wetschler September 26, 2010 at 11:07pm

There's a Chicago question at Tripatini's Ask A Travel Expert section for which you may have some up-to-date answers; http://www.tripatini.com/forum/topics/looking-for-good-chicago-hotel
Ed Wetschler September 2, 2010 at 4:12pm

Chicago Discounts

I just got a press release about a customizable city pass for Chicago that lets you buy a package featuring only those things you want to see/do, courtesy of BuildYourOwnTicket.com. For more on Chicago see http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/chicagos-yearround-public-a...