Travel
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5 ways the hotel of the future is already here
Sep 04, 2016 7:10 am - As you check into your hotel room this holiday weekend, you may be welcomed by a robot. Hotel companies around the world have been racing to incorporate new innovations ...
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Constable: Paraplegic mentor goes mermaid to help kidsSep 04, 2016 6:30 am - For Arlington Heights native Kelsey Ibach, the trickiest part of scuba diving might be getting dressed. “Wet suits are hard enough to get on normally,” says Ibach, 27, w...
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Midwest travel: Talent winner kicks off Randhurst Village Street FestSep 03, 2016 7:24 am - Chicago Taking it to the streets Suburban Chicago's Got Talent winner San Star Sandburg will show off her vocal talents, along with finalists from the competition, durin...
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Visitor misbehavior abounds as U.S. parks agency turns 100Sep 02, 2016 6:00 am - YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo. - Tourist John Gleason crept through the grass, four small children close behind, inching toward a bull elk with antlers like small trees...
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Midwest travel: Expect unusual performance art at Chicago Fringe FestAug 27, 2016 7:23 am - Chicago On the fringe You never know what you're going to come across at the 2016 Chicago Fringe Festival, which features 50 groups in about 200 uncommon performances by...
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The memory of all that: Can you still find Sinatra in Vegas?Aug 26, 2016 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Popular Frank Sinatra tunes in Las Vegas hotel lobbies have been replaced by the likes of Sia and Rihanna. The final tower of the famed Riviera Hotel and Cas...
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Six not to miss in Hawke's Bay, New ZealandAug 25, 2016 6:00 am - Call it tough love. Along the east coast of New Zealand's North Island, a fishhook-shaped body of land has been the recipient of Mother Nature's harsh brand of parenting...
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Whee! Niagara Falls latest natural wonder to add zip lineAug 23, 2016 5:57 am - Niagara Falls has become the latest natural wonder to add a zip line, offering honeymooners and everyone else the chance to take an adrenaline-pumping plunge toward chur...
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Fee could triple the cost of reward flight
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Midwest travel: Do you have the chops to win Bruce Springsteen Singing Contest?Aug 20, 2016 7:22 am - Chicago Sing like Bruce, win a free stay The West Loop's new Hotel Chicago - Illinois Medical District is giving away free overnight stays to anyone who can prove they a...