To the perennial question of what Chicago should do to rejuvenate the polluted Southeast Side, James Landing has an unusual answer: Turn chunks of it into a national park. Recent proposals for the ...

Nineteen months have passed since a National Park Service study concluded that the Calumet region, encompassing the south suburbs, the Southeast Side of Chicago and northwest Indiana, had ...

A National Historic Landmark is a historic property that illustrates the heritage of the U.S., according to the National Park Service. This can be a building, site, district, structure or object.

A post from the Main Street Calumet page reads: "Send prayers to Calumet, Michigan tonight. A fire is raging in our historic downtown. We hope everyone is safe and we are very thankful for all the ...

PORTAGE, Ind. (WLS) -- The Indiana Dunes National Park has reopened a beach area that was closed after state officials discovered a steel plant leaked toxic levels of cyanide and ammonia-nitrogen ...