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Featured and Free Chicago Travel Essays

Free guides for members and non-members alike: A collection of guides based on our various travels and curiosities.

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A Selection of Our Most Wonderful, Fantastical, Stupendous, Marvelous, Original, And Most Recent City Guides

Shuffle Your Way Down Wicker Park In-N-Out Style Burgers, Shuffle Board, and Unbeatable Views of Chicago
Das Beer Boot It's a German Food and Beer Crawl on the North Side
One, Two, Tea A Full Tea Ceremony and Ramen In Wicker Park
Boozing in the Kinzie Industrial Corridor A Three-Stop Cocktail and Beer Tour
Choose Your Own Adventure Start At A Basement Speakeasy And End Up In A Different World
Hot Glass and Home Cooked Food in Humboldt Park Create Glass Art and Dine on Puerto Rican Food
Cold Beer, Hot Dogs An Afternoon of Whiskey, Beer, and Fancy Hot Dogs on the North Side
A Wheelie Fun Bike Ride To The Lagoons A Biking Adventure on The North Branch Trail
Morning Coffee and Afternoon Booze A Lazy Day Walking Tour Along Lincoln Ave.
All Passes – Art Alone Endures Have a Proper Tea Time and Then Visit 10 Floors of Art Studios
How Was the Universe Created? Are We Living In A Multiverse? Scientists Try to Answer These Questions When We Visit The Home Of The Most Powerful Particle Accelerator in the US
What’s Happening on Chicago’s NW Side? I’m Axe-Ing For A Friend. Steaks, Ciders, and Axe Throwing on the Northwest Side

Night Crawler

Guides Exploring Chicago After The Sun Goes Down

City In A Garden

INSPIRED BY CHICAGO’S MOTTO ‘URBS IN HORTO,’ WE HIGHLIGHT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN CHICAGO, PARKS, HIKING TRAILS, ZOOS, FOREST PRESERVES AND NATURAL SPACES.

Love Thy Neighborhood

Explore Chicago One Neighborhood At A Time

Good Bites

Food Centric Guides To Eat Your Way Through Chicago

Known Unknown

We Pair An Essential Landmark WIth Overlooked Places Nearby

Day Tripping

A Series Featuring Essays That Take You on Day Trips From Chicago

Let's Be Friends

Date Ideas, Sunday Funday Trips, and Anything in Between