From Lake Superior's Pictured Rocks to the Hoosier National Forest in southern Indiana, outdoor adventures abound in the Midwest. Spread across five states, these wilderness desitinations will satisfy hikers and bikers, climbers and anglers—as well as laid-back lovers of awesome scenery and rustic B&B's. Read more
When Irv Kupcinet, the legendary gossip columnist of the Chicago Sun-Times, died last year, it marked the end of a remarkable era of glamour and intrigue. Read more
In a city full of beautiful, ambitious, and bright singles it's nearly impossible to narrow down a category like this one. But long hours of grueling research have yielded a list of 20 of Chicago's most eligible men and women. Read more
Over the course of 20 raucous years, J. J. Jameson became a fixture on the city's lively poetry circuit—a loud, drunken declaimer out of central casting. So his many friends were more than a little shocked when Massachusetts police came to town this spring and arrested him. He had been active in his church, loyal to a fault, unusually talented—and his writing revealed such intimate details of his life that people on the scene thought they knew him. But they didn't know he had been doing time for murder, and had escaped. They didn't even know his real name. Read more