A storage unit hunter from Florida thought he won the unit of a lifetime from a storage facility on Chicago's Northwest Side, ...

1912: Medinah Temple, a rectangular building with a pair of crescent-crowned domes and Arabic influences, opened on Wabash ...

In 1961, the massive, 50 megaton hydrogen bomb Tsar Bomba was detonated by the Soviet Union over Novaya Zemlya. In 1972, two ...

A new PBS doc narrated by Edward Norton follows the 60-year fight—and triumph— to convert abandoned railroads into trails for ...

The city is home to a vibrant jazz scene and the Chicago Jazz Festival. But it’s hard to catch the genre on the local radio ...

The Chicago History Museum will explore the heritage and traditions of Latinos, and the National Museum of Mexican Art will trace the role of Mexicans in railway work.

Hamburg, Pa -- The Reading Railroad Heritage Museum offers visitors a close-up look at both freight and passenger cars, while showcasing the important role the railroad industry played in the ...

A century ago, three-time All-American Harold Edward “Red” Grange abruptly left the University of Illinois to don the navy and orange of the Chicago Bears. In October, a jersey from the “Galloping ...

Union Pacific Railroad Sues Chicago Commuter Railway for $2M+ Contract Violations, Suit Says This action was surfaced by Law.com Radar, which delivers real-time alerting on new litigation across more ...

VALPARAISO, Ind. (WLS) -- Crews worked Sunday to clean up a freight train derailment that happened late Saturday night in northwest Indiana. Chopper 7 was over the scene at the Fort Wayne to Chicago ...

Tru-Vue was a stereoscopic viewing system and line of films first marketed in the 1930s. Two simultaneous exposures of the same object or scene were made from slightly different angles. When seen ...