We hardy Midwesterners shoulder our way through winter all right, but occasionally seek out a soothing, scented spa.
I had always wanted to go. Then the ads pushed me, inescapably, in the right direction.
A historic plantation originally built as a monument to George Washington overlooking the nation's capital, a site that later was home to Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee and 63 slaves, will be restored to its historical appearance using a $12.3 million gift from a wealthy history buff.
If you picture Johnny Appleseed as a loner wearing a tin pot for a hat and flinging apple seeds while meandering through the countryside, experts say you're wrong.
The Emerald Avenue is close enough for a day trip but far enough from city life to feel as if you’ve escaped it all. Located just off I-94, the Emerald Avenue is a collection of family-owned farms and businesses providing an abundance of activities for the whole family.
NEW YORK (AP) — Family travel falls into three distinct phases. First, there's the exhausting period of travel with crying babies who need diapers, bottles, strollers, car seats and naps. Then come the golden years, when kids can handle long rides and long walks, when they actually think sca…
Your swimsuit and your sunscreen are in the luggage, and your boarding passes are all printed out.
Your swimsuit and your sunscreen are in the luggage, and your boarding passes are all printed out.
Yosemite National Park on Monday marked 150 years since President Abraham Lincoln signed an act protecting the park for generations of visitors.
Individuals interested in the ways and lifestyle of the Amish need only take a short drive to Nappanee, Ind.
There's a lot of animal magnetism these days at Washington Park Zoo. With new and refurbished exhibits, visitors can find themselves inches away from a monkey, feeding a bird on their shoulders, and having an "Otter Body Experience."
One could make the argument that fireworks have lost some of their heat in recent times.
In the words of travel writer Miriam Beard, "certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living."
The main reason that (Chef) Jean and Cynthia Joho wanted a home in southwestern Michigan was the latitude, similar (about 44 degrees) to the latitude in Alsace in France where Chef Joho was brought up and first learned about cooking from his grandmother when he was a child and later in a fam…
The style and sophistication of Art Deco design had been a seductive siren calling to Chuck and Julie Kaplan for years. In response they had collected pieces enough to outfit a home. So when the decision came 13 years ago to move from Illinois to the Michigan shoreline they‘d visited for yea…
When Michael Szromba and his buddies get together to kite board, a crowd of onlookers is usually nearby watching in awe as they put on their own type of air and water show.
The blowing winds and shifting snows also had another effect, this one on the shores of Lake Michigan. It unearthed a shipwreck.
One of the summer season’s most popular destinations is the amusement park. Visitors travel far and wide to visit parks across the country and we are lucky to have some great amusement parks with thrilling roller coasters, exciting family rides and water parks that we can easily visit on a s…
U-boats were designed with little concern for the comfort of their crews. The subs were first and foremost weapons platforms with one goal: delivering their torpedoes to Allied targets as efficiently as possible.
On June 4, 1944, the U-505 German submarine was captured off the coast of West Africa in a dangerous mission by the U.S. Navy.
When my friends and I would talk about our favorite places to visit, I could
If Mother Nature decided to make a food court, it wouldn't be to satisfy cravings for fats, sugar and salt like many mall food courts but instead would put us in close proximity to verdant green fields and nature's bounty.
In 1898, five sail boats left Chicago, racing northeast to Mackinac Island, a journey 333 miles or 289.4 nautical miles long.
Once nationally known for its wood burning Round Oak brand pot bellied stoves, this somewhat quirky charm remains part of this Southwest Michigan riverside city with its beautifully restored Victorian era downtown and city parks fragrant with dogwood and redbud blossoms.
While the Mag Mile, Millennium Park and Navy Pier never seem to get old, try somewhere new this summer while visiting Chicago and discover the fun neighborhoods of Wicker Park and Bucktown.