For longtime pals Dave and Rob and I, it is time for the annual guys' weekend, an escape to the illusory wilderness that Wisconsin often...
Get the full story >>This River North gem embodies opulence, a hotel that knows how to cater to every need without appearing gaudy or flashy. Starting at 530...
Get the full story >>One of the nation's most complete and important family history research sites, the facility draws visitors from across the country.
Get the full story >>The 1892 Pabst Mansion, where Milwaukee beer baron Frederick Pabst hung his hat for the 12 years he was able to enjoy the place before he...
Get the full story >>Summer travelers can enjoy budget-friendly events and attractions right here in their home state, just a short drive away. Here are some...
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Get the full story >>Part of a series of hotel reviews: In just five years, The James Chicago has established itself as one of Chicago's most popular hotels,...
Get the full story >>If you were born on June 14, 1971, you can score a free night at the Hard Rock Hotel Chicago. Why? It's all part of the special offers in...
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Get the full story >>Ever since I moved to Minnesota in 2005, I imagined great herds of noble buffalo waiting on some distant plain, munching the tall bluestem...
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Get the full story >>It's just about time to do all the wonderful things -- Chicago summer things -- that can be enjoyed only in our fair city and only when...
Get the full story >>If you would like to join your kids for fishing, hiking and other traditional camping activities, family camps welcome grown-ups too.
Get the full story >>Within walking distance of Lakeshore and Water Tower Place is a wooded beachfront area where you won't have to fight crowds, commuters or...
Get the full story >>Bicycles and balloons, football and films, garlic and golf — disparate things, for sure. But they're all at the heart of festivals and...
Get the full story >>Mention Naperville, and you're going to get a reaction. Is Naperville all that different from the Evanstons and Berwyns in our immediate...
Get the full story >>By day, Chicagoan Ted Wolff is a landscape architect. Off duty, he is a member of what he calls an invisible subculture. Known as "rail...
Get the full story >>From the Art Institute of Chicago to the stately halls of the Field Museum, the blend of modern culture and modern museum management has...
Get the full story >>Picture yourself spinning nearly 30 stories above the Lake Erie shoreline in two-person swings that allow riders' feet to dangle. As the...
Get the full story >>Gambling may be what comes to mind when considering a visit to American Indian reservations. And casinos do play a key role, generating...
Get the full story >>Route 66 celebrates its 85th anniversary this year. See how much you know about the "Mother Road."
Get the full story >>This year marks the 85th anniversary of the creation of Route 66 in Springfield, Missouri.
Get the full story >>LOUDONVILLE, Ohio — If you're looking for a good one-day hike in Ohio, Mohican State Park and the surrounding Mohican Memorial State...
Get the full story >>As a Midwesterner, you may recall the Indiana Beach catchphrase: "There's more than corn in Indiana!" Well, the same holds true for...
Get the full story >>"Split state" used to sound simple to me, as though it were 50-50, North versus South, nice tidy halves. But Missouri wasn't just split in...
Get the full story >>Although there are 30 major league ballparks to visit, there are actually 31 destinations where you can see a live major league game.
Get the full story >>As a longtime fan and user of Minnesota's water and woods, I have to say that a move to permit logging in two state parks strikes me as...
Get the full story >>WINTERSET, Iowa — In the tiny living room of the tiny clapboard house where John Wayne was born, our tour guide explained that "The...
Get the full story >>Best Hotels in the Midwestern United States, according to Global Traveler magazine's year-end 2010 awards (tinyurl.com/2v3nhdq):
Get the full story >>Although they're huddled close, the tens of thousands of cattle are remarkably quiet.
Get the full story >>We entered Red Cloud from the east, just as novelist Willa Cather and her family did in 1884, when she was just 11 years old. The Cathers...
Get the full story >>Rolling through Jackson Hole on the way into Grand Teton National Park for the first time, I spotted a boy on the cycle path alongside the...
Get the full story >>It was long after dark when Henry Sweets brought me to Hannibal's Old Baptist Cemetery, "a graveyard of the old-fashioned Western kind."
Get the full story >>Driving along Skinner Hollow Road, through hilly woodlands and across a tranquil stream, a motorist is about as likely to meet a milk...
Get the full story >>There's a swath of our country that's built upon the foundation of meat plus smoke plus sauce. What a beautiful formula. It's too wide of...
Get the full story >>CROSS VILLAGE, Mich. — In the mitten-shaped state of Michigan, there is perhaps no prettier roadway than the squiggly one up north...
Get the full story >>UNIONVILLE, Mich. -- Madonna is from these parts, but these parts don't take much pride in that.
Get the full story >>A brew-ski festival in Michigan, the World Ice Fishing Championship in Rhinelander and more Midwest travel events.
Get the full story >>Find out what makes this area the best vacation spot for wine lovers.
Get the full story >>Visitors to this charming Wisconsin town get more than stunning views of Lake Superior.
Get the full story >>Check out our top picks for places to see, shop and dine at in Michigan's Copper Country.
Get the full story >>Depending on which island you choose, your Lake Erie vacation can be either. Find out why.
Get the full story >>See why this town feels like home to the big-city folk.
Get the full story >>Michigan's population may be waning, but there's no question that the state has become a sleeper destination for tourists who are passionate...
Get the full story >>ST. LOUIS—The French who founded this city in 1764 left instructions for having a good time. The Germans brought the beer, built the...
Get the full story >>A silver maple leans to the side, its supple limbs melding with a sea of cattails.
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