To celebrate summer, I looked through the archives for evidence of how our predecessors dealt with the heat before there were water parks a...

Father's Day is this Sunday and was developed to complement Mother's Day, by honoring men's role in parenting. This photo of...

Last fall, I was walking through one of the objects storage areas with the museum's exhibits manager. He glimpsed a large folded canvas...

The Adlai Stevenson II historic home in Mettawa has been in the public eye recently with the completion of its renovation. The Lake County ...

The Chicago Cubs are having a wobbly season, but it's summer and that means baseball! The game we know and love today developed in th...

Blarney Island in Grass Lake is one of the most unusual bars in the world, since you can only get there by boat. It also has a reputation f...

The first full week of May each year marks National Postcard Week (in the U.S.). Early in the 20th century, postcard enthusiasts sent ...