DeKalb, Illinois is a university town playing host to Northern Illinois University . We'll be leaving DeKalb in a few days. I can't ...

Today, we visited more neighborhoods of Chicago. Aside from Little Village which I visited weeks ago, another Mexican community of Chicago ...

They say it's taboo to put ketchup on a genuine Chicago dog . A Chicago dog is a steamed or boiled all-beef hot dog on a poppy seed bun....

One of the best ways to see Chicago is by getting on board the Chicago Architecture Cruise . The architecture of Chicago is said to have in...

Springfield, Illinois is the hometown of President Abraham Lincoln . All over this state capital are images, symbols and historical landmar...

The first thing I did when I found out I was flying to the U.S. was to find the nearest UNESCO World Heritage Site to Chicago . It was a goo...

As part of our program, we visited several not-for-profit organizations or NPOs in the Chicago area. Among these is the Rainbow/PUSH Coalit...

We celebrated Philippine Independence Day by attending the reception hosted by Mayor Richard M. Daley and the City of Chicago on June 10. I...

We visited Chicago City Hall yesterday as part of our immersion with American institutions. We got to meet Filipino-Americans holding import...

There was so much buzz in Chicago when we arrived there since they had recently been named a candidate city for the 2016 Summer Olympics. T...

The area around the Adler Planetarium by Lake Michigan is where one can enjoy one of the best, if not the best views of the Chicago skyline...

If there's one thing I enjoyed about Chicago , it was the cultural-diversity which manifested itself in the wide array of food choices. ...

Before taking that elevator ride up to the Skydeck , the bus stopped over for a few minutes at the United Center so that we could take some...

Sears Tower in Chicago was the tallest skyscraper in the world from 1973 to 1998. It's still the tallest building in Chicago and a vi...

Northern Illinois University (NIU) in DeKalb , Illinois is going to be our home away from home for the next four weeks. A public university...