See the darkest places in the U.S. here that can transform your nighttime experience into something truly magical.

Beaches might be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Florida or California but likely not when contemplating Iowa, Nebraska, or the Dakotas. Yet every state has stellar beaches.

Find out the best stops along Route 66 on a Chicago to Los Angeles (or Los Angeles to Chicago) driving trip across the USA.

Yes, it's true. Visitors who come to the Big Sand Mound Nature Preserve on Saturday, June 20, may feel more like they’re in the southwestern United States than rural Muscatine County, Iowa.

Forest Preserve District of DuPage County is hoping a user will emerge for Oak Cottage in Naperville’s Greene Valley Forest ...

Landon, Braxton and Kaylee Schulze recently demonstrated the new nature play equipment added to Northland Park in Glidden.

Modern conceptions of the Civil War grossly underestimate the importance of political union as a motivator to the northern psyche, said Professor Gary W. Gallagher, speaking Monday at the Miller ...

One of the most remarkable aspects of Cedar Bog is its role as a living museum of plants that have survived since the last ice age – botanical time travelers that persist here while having disappeared ...

Swim at North Avenue Beach is ranked #16 out of 28 things to do in Chicago. See pictures and our review of Swim at North Avenue Beach.

Indiana Dunes National Park, located on 16,000 acres along Lake Michigan, encompasses 15 miles of lakeshore and over 50 miles of trails. The dunes' magnificence—some reaching heights of 250 feet—is a ...

Nestled in the upscale village of Glencoe on Chicago’s North Shore, this beach offers the kind of lakefront experience that makes you forget you’re in the Midwest and not some exclusive coastal ...