Finding your way in Chicago's present

Mar. 1, 2013
How well did you find your way around 1976 Chicago? We reveal yesterday's mystery location.

'Hooray for Captain Streeter!'

Jul. 3, 2012
George Wellington Streeter has achieved a kind of immortality: One of Chicago’s swankiest neighborhoods carries his name, all because he originated a local version of the Occupy Movement.

The Chicago Hall of Fame

Apr. 16, 2012
Where should Chicago honor its famed names? John Schmidt's suggestion: the pillars of the 'L.'

Mrs. 'Citizen Kane'

Nov. 30, 2011
Feminism was in the news on November 30, 1923. Five hundred women came to Chicago for a conference of the National Women's Rights Party. They met at 675 N. Rush Street, the mansion home of Ganna Walska.Walska was one of those people who were famous for being famous.