Twitter road trips USA: send us travel tips for Chicago to Memphis
Help plan our road trip from Chicago down to Memphis by sending tips on offbeat, out-of-the-way places to @GuardianTravel or with our new tool, GuardianWitnessPeople of the Guardian, and others … For...
View ArticleTwitter road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis day one - as it happened
Recap the start of Benji Lanyado's epic road trip through the Midwest and the South. He begins today in Chicago and is heading to Louisville, Nashville and Memphis over the next five days guided solely...
View ArticleTwitter road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis, day two – as it happeend
Relive day two of Benji Lanyado's reader-led road trip from its calorie-laden start in Chicago to the oldest blues bar in Indianapolis. Comments are now closed on this post, but you can catch up with...
View ArticleTwitter road trips USA: Chicago to Memphis day three – as it happened
Benji Lanyado's third day took him from Indianapolis down through the open prairie roads for the Bluegrass State of Kentucky. Comments on this blog are now closed but you can catch up with Benji's...
View ArticleChicago, Nashville and Memphis: best blogs for travellers
Want to eat where the locals dine in Chicago? Fancy seeing a gig with the best unsigned bands in Music City? Then check out our list of the top city blogs on food, arts and cultureKnow a great Chicago,...
View ArticleTwitter road trips USA: Chicago-Memphis day four - as it happened
After a big night on the town, Benji Lanyado hit the road en route to Nashville, Music City, by way of bourbon, Corvettes and honky tonk. Comments on this blog are now closed but you catch up with day...
View ArticleRoad to Memphis, the final day - as it happened
Relive the last leg of Benji Lanyado's five-day odyssey from Chicago to Memphis. He woke up for fried breakfast in Nashville and then walked in Memphis, past pig wrasslers and honky tonks. Catch up on...
View ArticleBest flea markets and vintage fairs in the US
Pamela Keech travelled across the US in search of the best vintage and antique markets for her book. Here we pick five of the best, from the Brooklyn Flea to an 800-mile yard saleIt was born in 2008...
View ArticleAn urbanist's guide to Chicago: ‘the most American of American cities’
Pete Saunders of the Corner Side Yard tells us how to survive political corruption and the brutal winters of the windy cityI’m an urban planner, presently working as a freelance consultant specialising...
View ArticleChicago in books: readers' picks
From mid-century poverty to contemporary love stories via an account of the 1893 World’s Fair, here is a roundup of readers’ top Chicago literature. Add your own thoughts below the lineDid you miss...
View ArticleChicago prohibition-style: a city still married to the mob
As dry January draws to a close, get into the spirit(s) again with Saptarshi Ray’s foray into Chicago’s prohibition-era jazz and cocktail bars, accompanied by gangster-themed tours of the city....
View ArticleUS road trip: a guide to Route 66
Driving America’s most iconic highway is the trip of a lifetime. Author and Route 66 expert Candacy Taylor shares her tips on the classic motels, old-school diners and gas stations to stop at en route...
View Article10 of the best cocktail bars in Chicago
Some of Chicago’s historic bars have been around since the prohibition era and retain an air of 1920s glamour, and even the newcomers doff their fedora to the speakeasy. All serve a mean cocktail•...
View ArticleChicago’s new high line is ‘more than an elevated park’
At 2.7 miles, Chicago’s Bloomingdale Trail is more than twice the length of New York’s High Line, and as the final touches are made to it before its June opening, the city has been trumpeting its...
View ArticleFancy footwork: how Chicago's juke scene found its feet again
After the sudden death of footwork’s most prominent artist – DJ Rashad – last year, the genre had to take stock. A year on older heads and new players are pushing Chicago’s rapid-fire sound to new...
View Article'Everybody knows everybody' – what the blues has given Chicago
Harmonica player Billy Branch, who’s played with Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker and BB King, hails the Windy City’s sense of community, its parks and its foodI was born in Chicago. It’s an amazing city....
View ArticleWord up: new Chicago museum celebrates American authors
Chicago’s new American Writers Museum has given the nation a fitting centre to celebrate the influence of its literature, and with Hemingway’s birthplace also in town, the city makes for a great...
View Article‘Underground city’ set to become Chicago’s next attraction
Not many people know about the Pedway, a network of tunnels connecting shops and businesses beneath downtown Chicago, but it could become the city’s oddest tourist destinationIn some ways it’s just...
View ArticleA local’s guide to Chicago: 10 top tips
The city’s bars and music scene are among the most vibrant in the US. And with Lake Michigan beaches to relax on and two new budget flights from the UK, now is the time to goTraditionally overshadowed...
View ArticleSix of the best artisan distilleries in Chicago
Chicago’s distillery scene has come a long way since the days of Al Capone, with a new generation of producers showcasing innovative spirits and cocktails on fun tasting tours Chicago has got history...
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