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• 36 Hours in Chicago by MONICA DAVEY September 15, 2006 A weekend in Chicago is time enough to explore a few areas, and enough to come away understanding why this is, indeed, a city of neighborhoods. (read article)
• This President&rsquo<s Escape Is Sweet Home Chicago by HELENE COOPER February 16, 2009 When taking a break from the White House, President Obama eschews bucolic rural settings for Chicago’s South Side. (read article)
• Chicago: Drinkin' TNT and smokin' dynamite July 04, 1998 In the Forties, millions of blacks began the exodus from the South, bringing the music of the delta with them. But in crowded city clubs the performers soon realised they would have to go electric to be heard. And so a sound was born: the Chicago blues. The Rolling Stones and Eric Clapton have both paid tribute to it. Here, Graham Coster, writer and part-time bluesman, makes his own pilgrimage (read article)
• Chicago: City of the big shoulders March 20, 1999 Chicago's skyscrapers are in the clouds, but its feet are on the ground. Graham Coster is blown away by the Windy City (read article)
• Chicago: 'Make no little plans' October 02, 2000 Julie Davidson and her teenage daughter find that the motto of the Windy City's 19th-century architect still holds true for visitors today (read article)
• Chicago: Eating out October 02, 2000 Valerie James finds eateries to suit all tastes (read article)
• Chicago: Vitali Vitaliev travels across the USA December 04, 2000 There are still racketeers in Chicago, but fortunately they don't quite run things the way they did in the 1930s, Vitali Vitaliev discovers (read article)
• Sweet home Chicago by Dudi Appleton September 09, 2003 Superb buildings and sublime blues are just two of the reasons why the Windy City's inhabitants think this place is second to none, writes Dudi Appleton (read article)
• Chicago: The windfree way by Pamela Petro January 10, 2004 Pamela Petro wraps up and steps out on an insider tour of the city of blues and buildings (read article)
• Chicago: not the musical March 07, 2008 Michael Simkins, who played the fast-talking lawyer Billy Flynn in the stage show Chicago, looks for a whiff of guns and gangsters in the city that inspired it. (read article)
• Chicago city guide March 07, 2008 In Chicago the appetites come large, the buildings high and the music bluesy. Paul Wade offers a guide to getting the best out of the city . (read article)
• An audience with Oprah Winfrey in Chicago by Liz Vercoe November 27, 2008 Liz Vercoe joins the Oprah Winfrey Show, one of America's top TV programmes, during a tour of Chicago. (read article)
• Top 10 food experiences - USA by Lonely Planet June 16, 2009 The best places to go for the best of regional food - start with clam chowder in Boston and finish up... (read article)
• Pie fight: who makes the best pizza - New York or Chicago? by Lonely Planet June 16, 2009 The perfect lover is one who turns into a pizza at 4am, said actor Charles Pierce, summing... (read article)
• Chicago: a starter guide to the Windy City by Lonely Planet August 04, 2009 Welcome to the Windy City! While Chicago’s nickname is courtesy of the blustery weather, it’s the heights... (read article)
• Olympics 2016: C’mon baby, light my fire by Lonely Planet September 30, 2009 The Powers That Be are about to vote on the host city for the 2016 Olympic Games. The mix is eclectic... (read article)
• Chicago: Your kind of town by Jan Etherington October 07, 2009 Home to the blues, Chicago is anything but miserable, says Jan Etherington. (read article)
• All-American Classic: Route 66 by Lonely Planet November 11, 2009 For a classic American road trip, nothing beats good ol’ Route 66. Nicknamed the nations Mother... (read article)