Sited just outside of Chicago is the village of Park Forest, known for its longstanding juried art fair and its 2,000 acres of parks and green spaces.

Our resident girl dad loads the whole crew into a Honda Odyssey and discovers that not all road trips are created equal.

A road trip with the windows down. Two members of our newsroom are heading out west for that last option, one that will span eight states, three time zones and more than 2,000 miles.

In the American imagination, the road trip has long held the promise of open skies and self-discovery. But a smaller — read: easier! — journey heading north from Chicago, the Midwest offers a ...

A kid-friendly and budget-friendly road trip: Minnesota-Wisconsin-Chicago, Illinois. Alternatively, turn north from Wisconsin and end this trip in Toronto, Canada. Either way, ...