Turning old railway right-of-ways into recreational trails is a story stretching past 60 years and "From Rails to Trails" ...

With their face paint, pyrotechnics and larger-than-life attitude, KISS didn’t just play rock music — they turned it into a ...

Mike Huguenor has clocked time in Shinobu, Hard Girls, and Jeff Rosenstock’s band, and has two solo records of his own. Lately, though, he’s been working on a book about the legacy of Mike Park’s ...

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will ...

A Dubuque group wants passenger rail service to Chicago, hoping to transform the hours-long drive into a train ride.

The Midwest Connect passenger rail line would cut through central Ohio, providing Columbus and many other cities with their ...

An Amtrak train is stopped on the tracks after hitting a pedestrian while traveling from Chicago to Grand Rapids.

It connected the Great Lakes to the Gulf, fueled Chicago’s rise, and powered America’s economy. But after a century of dominance, the Illinois Central was absorbed, erased, and almost forgotten ...

Other researchers have theorized that a squirrel created the imprint, the study acknowledged. Cement is typically wet during ...

Next month’s election in Northern Colorado and the Boulder Valley will be brimming with citizen-initiated ballot issues that ...

The best hole-in-the-wall bars don't attract much attention, but are actually hidden gems. Based on reviews, these are the ...

In the spring of 1859, Chicago businessman George Pullman visited the railroad shops on Bloomington’s west side in order to build a prototype sleeping car, an ambitious venture that eventually gave ...