Chicago Gift Ideas for the Holidays
The holidays are here, along with our annual Holiday Tour of Drinks, Daleys and Dead Guys. The Chicago gift ideas below make for a much cooler gift than a shot glass or yet another poster of the Chicago skyline. We at Chicago Detours would like to share a few Chicago gift ideas for lovers of […]
Historic Bar Tour Makes for Good Times
Bar tours of any kind are an all-around fun experiences. You get to meet new people, see new things, and drink! When I started as Editorial Intern for Chicago Detours, I came on the Good Times Historic Bar Tour with my boyfriend and found that this walking tour of Chicago is all that and more. […]
A True Detour: Miller Beach
Chicagoans associate Indiana with Gary, and its steel mills, unemployment, and factory landscape. Few are aware of the nearby community of Miller Beach, surrounded by the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. (Little fact: Only four parks have the designation of “National Lakeshore” and all of them are on the Great Lakes.) Carl Sandburg buried his toes […]