Before GoPros, drones, iPhone cameras, digital cameras and even disposable cameras, there was George R. Lawrence, a kite and his 49-pound film camera. According to research and sources like NPR, the ...

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The largest aerial adventure course in North America is set to open in a Chicago suburb this summer. The Forge: Lemont Quarries, described as a “one-of-a-kind adventure park built on 300 acres of ...

It’s been two years since a plan to bring elevated gondolas to downtown Chicago was announced and efforts to make such a transportation system a reality are still underway. Though short of official ...

The city of Chicago could soon boast a new form of transportation: sleek, futuristic aerial cable cars that would link some of the city’s most popular tourist attractions. The Skyline, designed by ...

STORY: Police confirmed they captured 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III, who was from the area, but said no charges were laid against him yet as the investigation was ongoing. Police did not have a ...

I'd actually looked for this before, but just stumbled across it today: what's likely the first aerial footage of Chicago, shot by Harold Fowler McCormick, Jr.—grandson of Cyrus McCormick on his ...

I learned to love the natural world at my grandparents’ log cabin on Lake Vermilion, close to the Canadian border in Minnesota. We kids didn’t care that the lake was full of leeches, or that the ...

On the heels of its 20th anniversary, Aerial Dance Chicago presents “Blackbird,” an ambitious full-length work highlighting the company’s signature blend of contemporary dance and aerial arts. For ...