Bike The Lakefront Trail To Ernie Banks' Final Resting Spot
This guide is part of our "Known/Unknown" series where we pair an essential Chicago landmark with some more obscure spots nearby. It starts with a leisurely bike ride down the Lakefront Trail where yo...
This guide has you strolling through fields of wild flowers and exploring an island nature preserve on the South Side. But before that, you'll grab br...
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...
There's been a big flurry of development along the Chicago River over the past few years. A lot of the attention has been on downtown's river walk and...
There are no shortage of outdoor markets when summer rolls around, and for today's guide we'll be visiting two staples on the the South Side. You'll f...
If there was a word to describe this guide, it would be "appreciation." We're spending the afternoon at a museum that, for the past three decades, has...
We're headed to West Town and to a part of the neighborhood that lots of us have probably passed by without giving it a second thought. But if you loo...
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...
This week's guide get's us out of the house for a quick mental health recharge. We're headed to Lincoln Park where we start the day munching on crepes...
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...
This week’s socially distanced guide will let you enjoy that classic dinner and a movie date all from the comfort of your car. We will be driving down...
Put on your hiking shoes because today we're visiting a former toboggan hill that's been converted to an outdoor fitness center in the woods. Afterwar...
Put on a comfy pair of walking shoes and bring your appetite because you're venturing out on a day trip to Lockport, Illinois. You'll start the day wi...
We're headed to Ravenswood to indulge on beer, food, and more food. We start at seafood diner that serves all day breakfast right next to the Montrose...
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...
Get your walking shoes ready, because we're going on an old fashioned neighborhood walkabout. The plan for the day is a one mile jaunt through Lincoln...
For this guide, we're keeping it low-key and spending the afternoon in Ukrainian Village for a Sunday Funday. We start the afternoon by making our way...
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...
As we spend more time in our homes, the humble houseplant is something that doesn't go unnoticed. A little greenery can brighten up a room, it can pur...
Imagine Chicago with mountains in the distance. Nobody would ever leave. While we don't have mountains, there are still places to hike to get a little...
For this guide we’re off to Illinois State Beach Park where we’ll be camping right off the coast of Lake Michigan. Here are the highlights in this gui...
About 18,000 years ago, Illinois and Wisconsin were covered under a big sheet of glacial ice. Eventually, these massive glaciers began to retreat, bu...
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...
Cemeteries aren’t all headstones and hauntings… okay, so there are a lot of headstones. But many of them are incredible works of art. So today, you'll...
Here's a fun fact for this guide. About 425 million years ago, Chicago was actually located south of the equator in a tropical sea. You can see eviden...
For this guide, we're headed about an hour away and crossing over to Indiana where we we'll be hiking through sand dunes and some of the most beautifu...
When life gets busy and stressful, sometimes we just need to take a moment to swing and hit stuff really hard. Well, that's what we'll be doing with t...
