Chicago

As the U.S. commemorates its 250th anniversary look back to a previous anniversary celebration, which brought Chicago an iconic artwork, Chagall's second large-scale piece for Chicago.

Take a look back on why the Obama Presidential Center is even in Chicago's Jackson Park neighborhood as it opens a decade after the city was selected as its home.

Whether you're making a full day of your visit or looking to wander a bit beyond the Obama Presidential Center's campus, here are a few spots around Woodlawn worth exploring.

Margaret C. Anderson was censored by the U.S. government for publishing Ulysses but helped modernists like James Joyce and T.S. Eliot find an audience through her Chicago-founded magazine, as a new book shows. 

Chicago has been home to one of the largest diasporas of Czech citizens outside of central Europe, but there aren't many Czech restaurants left here. What's the cuisine like?

Eagleman and Ozzie Guillén both appear in new commercials for Mr. Submarine that draw on a history of hokey spots, in honor of 50 years in business.

Chicago is known for its influential skyscrapers, but a new book full of illustrations argues that its homes are equally worth noticing and celebrating. 

Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote his first adventure and science fiction stories while living in Chicago and Oak Park, creating the popular character of Tarzan. 

In a Chicago History Museum image, astronauts John Swigert, left, and James Lovell, wave to a crowd that gathered downtown for a parade following the Apollo 13 mission. Lovell, who lived in Lake Forest, died on August 7 at age 97.

From its manually operated elevators to the master instrument builders inside, the Fine Arts Building holds numerous distinctions, which are explored in a new book. 

Mike Payne opened the original Byron's Hot Dogs as a manager and soon hired an employee who still works there today, before eventually taking over as owner. Fifty years and a White House visit later, the stand continues on.

From the little-known architect to the over 375,000 terra cotta pieces on the facade, the pioneering radio stations and extraordinary designers that worked there, The Wrigley Building: The Making of an Icon tells the stories of one of Chicago's most famous buildings. 

From snorkeling to a shipwreck to fishing in the lake, observing NASCAR to a rodeo, Geoffrey Baer explores Chicago's lakefront and all it has to offer in his latest special.