For anyone who likes pork, pretzels, potato salad and partying, all washed down with freshly brewed beer from old Bavarian recipes, the Hofbräuhaus is the place to celebrate in suburban Chicago.
Read MoreMasterpieces of urban design fill the view from the balcony of my hotel room in the Aqua Tower, an architectural stunner itself.
Read MoreNestled between skyscrapers in the heart of downtown Chicago, red-and-white-striped huts in Daley Plaza every year invite holiday shoppers to take a virtual trip to storybook Germany.
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With their crystal chandeliers, red-plush décor, murals, statuary, acres of gold-leaf plasterwork and “mighty Wurlitzer” pipe organs, these monumental edifices transported us to another place and time. One historian labeled the old-time movie palace “an acre of seats in a garden of dreams.”
Read MoreAs far as the eye can see, trees festooned with twinkling lights line sidewalks jammed with jostling crowds speaking a mix of languages.
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