Real stories, costs, and logistics from our time exploring North America. Everything from big cities to small beach towns, where we’ve stayed, and what we wish we knew before we went
Getting to Mackinac Island requires a little extra planning, as it’s a car-free island only reachable by ferry, small plane, or private boat. We visited a few weeks ago as part of our Lake Michigan road trip and it was one of our absolute favorite stops. That said, the logistics can catch people off guard…
Writing a Chicago Travel Guide came pretty easy to us after living downtown for 10 years! Many Chicago travel guides feature the same few tourist hot spots, but we want to feature a few things off the beaten path that are local favorites! Go To Where to Eat Here → Go To Where to Stay…
A Lake Michigan road trip is one of those things that has been on our bucket list for a while, but we never got the chance to do it until recently. We did the whole thing in about 11 days, starting and ending at our home base in Chicago, but you could honestly spend much…
New Buffalo, Michigan is one of the most popular weekend getaways from Chicago, and for good reason. There are great restaurants, good beaches, and wineries close enough to make a real weekend out of it. It’s about 90 minutes from downtown Chicago and sits right at the Michigan–Indiana border, just off I-94. We recommend just…