Where It’s At: @brickofchicago
Will Quam is enamored with the city’s brick buildings.
Custom Placements: City Life Lead
All Hoots, No Agendas
In this first installment of a new travel-via-L series, the author and her husband take the Red Line to the Chicago stop (thanks to a dice roll) to grab wet naps, sink free throws, and cash out on cupcakes.
Following the Once-Significant Great Lakes-Mississippi Watershed
The watershed — a historically key divide that made Chicago great — no longer plays a role in transportation, but it still exists as a geographic feature and as a line on a map.
Beverly Kim
The chef, 42, on losing her insecurity, how she won over her dad, and the torment of Charlie Trotter’s.
We Have Enough Hate in Our Hearts for the Brewers, Too
Move over, St. Louis — Cubs fans are ready to name Milwaukee their new chief nemesis.
What’s on Chicago’s Slice of Route 66?
What landmarks to see before you leave the city on the historic route.
How Should Mike Royko’s Work Be Remembered?
The question is less about if his stories should be revisited and more about which ones.
Welcome to Midway
Photographer Paul D’Amato captures the everyday humanity that surrounds Chicago’s second-largest airport.
The Nine Sub-States of Illinois
Illinois lacks a single, distinct statewide identity. In fact, we’d argue it’s nine personalities in one.