Topic: Chicago
Chicago neighborhoods to be featured as city plans tourism website expansionMore detailed information about Chicago neighborhoods is to be available online. Chicago tourism officials say a redesign of the city's travel website will launch Monday. The website is to be updated with ...
Whether Alaska, the Alps or Route 66, adventurous motorcyclists far from home can rent bikesIf you love touring by motorcycle, but your destination is too far from home to take your bike, a rental may be the perfect alternative. Motorcycle rentals are ...
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The waterway that allows invasive Asian carp into the Great Lakes should be closed, Michigan's attorney general said on Monday as the state prepared a lawsuit to protect its fishing and tourism industries. "Asian carp must be stopped now ...
Longtime Illinois amusement park, Kiddieland, closed after 80 yearsThe rides at Kiddieland near Chicago have been shut down forever. The longtime Chicago-area family amusement park permanently closed at the end of September. Kiddieland Amusement Park in suburban Melrose Park opened in 1929. ...
Auction set for Chicago mobster Al Capone's sprawling Wis. hideout, stone house, guard towersThe buyer of a scenic property in northern Wisconsin will get more than just its bar and restaurant: They'll have a former hideout of Chicago mobster Al Capone. The ...
Travel briefsNew airline offers flights just for pets DENVER (AP) — A new airline for pets is taking off with weekly flights to five airports across the country. Beginning July 14, Pet Airways is flying pets to and from Baltimore/Washington International; Midway ...
Road trip on a budget: Camping and long drives with kids for 3,000 miles cross-countryWith one set of grandparents on the West Coast and one on the East, my kids have seen the USA from the window of an airplane plenty of ...
'Obama Eats Here': Chicago tourism officials bank on election of one of their own as a boostChicago's tourism Web site beckons visitors to "experience the city the Obamas enjoy." The Illinois Bureau of Tourism plans to launch a three-day getaway promotion featuring ...
'Obama Eats Here': Illinois hopes president-elect's fame will boost tourismTourism officials in Illinois say they expect a boost from Barack Obama's election, and they're doing what they can to capitalize on the Obama buzz. A Chicago tourism Web site invites travel-planners to ...
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