Each summer, thousands climb aboard the Chicago Architecture Foundation’s River Boat Tour and glide past skyscrapers towering on the footholds of determination and ingenuity.

CHICAGO – One Chicago artist has made a name for herself by turning other people’s trash into coveted works of art. Meet Lucy ...

Evidence of early 20th-century queer nightlife can be challenging to find, but a few clubs boldly operated in 1920s Chicago.

One of the city’s best bars is tucked behind Rush and Division and Mariano Park on the bottom floor of a 1927 Art Deco ...

Itching for a road trip, I pulled out a map of the Midwest. When my finger landed on Minneapolis I knew I had my destination.

Elmhurst, Ill., is evolving from its longstanding reputation as a sleepy bedroom community. An open-air art installation in Elmhurst City Centre, the city’s downtown shopping district.Credit ...

Chicago may be known as the Windy City, but locals understand that when summer finally arrives, the rooftops become the ultimate urban playground. While tourists flock to Navy Pier and Millennium ...

Take a flight high above the breathtaking Chicago skyline with this stunning drone footage. Marvel at the towering skyscrapers, including the Willis Tower and John Hancock Center, as they rise ...

The Art Institute of Chicago announced Eric Lefkofsky, founder and CEO of biotech company Tempus, as its next board of trustees chair. Lefkofsky, who has served as a trustee for 15 years, succeeds ...

News This new immersive art exhibit looks at the Chicago skyline that could have been Cartoonist Klaus pays homage to the Tribune Tower designs that the local paper passed on 100 years ago.

The very architecture that makes Chicago famous may be creating what the US Environmental Protection Agency calls "heat islands." "Trees, buildings, the asphalt, pavement and all that.