While the likes of New York might get the most attention on the US's East Coast, Chicago feels like its slightly more ...

People who saw the strangely shaped house being built in Aurora — its red curved steel ribs, a black coal wall dotted with marbles and glass cullet — had different names for it, Life magazine reported ...

Kudos to freelance journalist Jesse Wright for his Nov. 19 piece (“When it comes to tourism, it’s all about diversity”) encouraging the promotion of tourism throughout Chicago and not just Millennium ...

Medieval castles perched high atop the river, rolling hillsides with terraced vineyards, fairytale wintertime Christmas markets and up-close views of the Eiffel Tower's nightly illumination show (with ...

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In The Round. Courtesy of Iman Fayyad. While many installations address the harsh political climate with soft materials like inflatables and fabrics, Thin Volumes: In the Round by assistant professor ...

Anna Kepner, a teen who died aboard a Carnival Horizon cruise ship earlier this month, was found dead under a bed, wrapped in a blanket and covered by life vests, according to a security source ...

Tom Cruise, at 63 still the biggest movie star in a room full of them, finally got to hold his own Oscar on a Hollywood stage on Sunday night. “Making movies is not what I do, it's who I am,” said ...

LOS ANGELES -- Tom Cruise, at 63 still the biggest movie star in a room full of them, finally got to hold his own Oscar on a Hollywood stage on Sunday night. "Making movies is not what I do, it's who ...

The Chicago Architecture Center is trying to rewrite Chicago's stadium script, urging City Hall to treat new arenas as engines for neighborhood growth instead of isolated sports fortresses. In a ...