With a number of high profile hotels under construction, a central US location with extensive airline service and plenty of world class restaurants, the Windy City is booming.
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This Midwestern city’s architecture, cultural and culinary scenes are easily pulling even with, and in some cases surpassing, New York and Los Angeles.
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Throughout its history, Chicago has had ambitions to be a great city, and nowhere is this more evident than in its world-beating classical music scene.
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One of Germany’s most loved traditions -- authentic and charming festive fairs can now also be enjoyed in the United States, Japan, France and England.
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The devastation of the Great Chicago Fire gave the city a chance for a new life, and some of the most innovative structures the world had ever known emerged from the ashes.
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