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With diverse immigrant communities and vibrant neighborhoods, Chicago invites visitors to take a trip around the world in just one city.

Use our map and recommendations for each mile marker to help you stake out your perfect viewing perch, from nearby L stops to where to eat or grab coffee.

Bored of your everyday dates at Barnes & Noble and Starbucks? Not every date has to stay within the Lincoln Park zip code. Take a trip over to Pilsen, one of Chicago’s most proud and celebrated Latino communities, for a fun date experience supporting local Latino businesses. To get there from Fullerton, you’ll have to...

When the pandemic halted the National Museum of Mexican Art’s in-person celebrations for Día de los Muertos last year, Pilsen resident Isabel Hernandez created a giant seven-layered ofrenda at her house. The altar with offerings to the dead was dedicated to neighborhood residents, a tribute she continued for Día de los Muertos this year. “I...

Across Chicagoland, business owners and patrons tried to wrap their heads around what it means to have the COVID-19 reins taken off.