Double-crested cormorants have been thrilling Chicagoans lucky enough to witness thousands of the birds streaming along the ...

An extraordinary private club turned hotel, the Chicago Athletic Association has restored rooms, amazing views of Lake ...

MDOT announced its roadside parks are reopening soon. Here's when they reopen, and six you should visit even if you don't need a break from driving.

As families start thinking about going to the beach this summer, Wilmette Park District officials said their 2025 Lakefront ...

When Accessible Recreation Program Coordinator Leonard Woodson first joined Evanston’s Parks and Recreation Department, its ...

From a kid with a Chinook salmon that looks as big as him to smallmouth bass up and down the Chicago lakefront, spring is a ...

Chicago breaks ground on a pipeline that will bring water from the Great Lakes to some suburbs whose groundwater is running ...

Rob Buono, a Chicago developer and former Intelligentsia Coffee leader who also has a 400-acre organic farm in Three Oaks, ...

We’ve just returned from a trip to Big Bend National Park in Texas, and the first thing I rushed to do was make sure Lake Michigan is still here. It’s too easy to take our resident Great Lake ...

To celebrate, Campspot, a Grand Rapids-based booking platform for private campgrounds, dug into traveler data to reveal the ...

I recall that this time of year gave me my biggest thrill in fishing. I caught my most memorable fish ever the first of May. It wasn’t the biggest I ever caught, but it was the most memorable. I ...

Coho salmon and smallmouth bass action on the lakefront and the general spread of spring action inland around Chicago fishing ...