We're taking a short trip outside the city to hike through a 2,500 acre forest preserve. We start by grabbing coffee at a quirky and retro coffee hous...
Access to nature can sometimes feel inaccessible if you don't have a car. But for this guide, the Metra is all you need. You'll take the UP-N line to...
Start your day at a sustainable farm, picking up fresh produce and sipping local coffee. Then, step into a neighboring nature preserve for an easy str...
This guide has you visiting West Ridge, a quiet residential North Side neighborhood that's home to a vibrant South Asian, Jewish, and Eastern European...
We're taking advantage of living next to a giant freshwater lake and have you going on a fishing 101 expedition. You'll get outfitted with fishing gea...
We've got a relaxing picnic planned inside a garden, that in the words of Alfred Caldwell, was "planned as a sanctuary of the native landscape, a plac...
How far are you willing to travel for a hot dog? We’re here to figure that out. You’ll grab your bike and take it on the Metra all the way to Libertyv...
This guide has you going deep inside a forest preserve where you'll camp along the shores of a small lake, do a bit of hiking, and hang by a campfire....
About an hour outside of Chicago, there are thousands of scientists from all over the world working to answer fundamental questions about space, life,...
This week's guide takes you to Garfield Park in search of a bit of inspiration. The first stop is to one of the oldest and largest conservatories in t...
During the summer, Rogers Park can feel like a mini-beach town if you know the right spots to visit. For this guide, we've got an afternoon beach trip...
Being in the middle of the city doesn't mean we have to give up on enjoying green space. We're spending the day at Northerly Island, a former airplane...
For many of us Chicagoans, wintertime means hibernating inside, curled under a heavy blanket, and waiting for the worst of winter to pass. Well for t...
We're taking a trip to Chicago's South Shore where we'll be visiting a monstrous relic from an abandoned steel complex. This once busy industrial comp...
Put on your hiking shoes because you're visiting a former toboggan hill converted into an outdoor fitness center in the woods. Afterward, you'll set o...
This guide takes us to Chicago's Northwest side. We're going to spend the morning hiking through a beautifully preserved nature center with trails cov...
Travel south along the Lakefront Trail and you'll eventually reach the entrance to a South Side palace. Sitting on over 70 acres, this public space, d...
For this guide, we head to the Southwest Chicago neighborhood of Bridgeport to get some donuts and take a stroll through what once was a 27 acre rock...
While stay at home orders are in full force, one thing we're still allowed to do is visit the surrounding forest preserves while practicing physical d...
For this guide, grab the fishing pole and tackle box from storage, because we'll be relaxing by a lagoon and doing some fishing in Humboldt Park. Afte...
