Chris McNamara

Elaine McNamara finds a note tucked inside a book in the small library at West Baden Springs Hotel.

At this grand hotel in Indiana, a little library holds hidden secrets on its shelves

August 23, 2019 at 10:10 p.m.

There’s a time machine hidden in the unlikeliest of places. Indiana’s French Lick Township, to be precise. Notable for being the birthplace of basketballer Larry Bird and … well …...

The sunken Herman H. Hettler barge can be seen on a glass-bottom boat tour.

A deep dive into Michigan’s eerie, beautiful Shipwreck Coast

August 23, 2019 at 8:25 p.m.

The Shipwreck Coast — a stretch of shallow waters at the southern end of Lake Superior that's littered with hundreds of doomed vessels — can be found in the shadow...

Linda Shore, center, wardrobe manager for Fear City Haunted House in Morton Grove, is joined by two actors in the cast: demon schoolgirl Jennie Carroll, left, and voodoo priest Gale Armour.

Linda Shore, wardrobe manager at Fear City, talks Halloween

June 17, 2018 at 10:46 a.m.

The crowded, shadowy wardrobe department is nestled in the middle of the sprawling Fear City Haunted House in Morton Grove, enabling actors dressed as rotting zombies and bloodthirsty lunatics to...

What would Amy Farrah Fowler eat?

May 31, 2019 at 6:30 p.m.

The only mention of "The Big Bang Theory" in Mayim Bialik's new cookbook, "Mayim's Vegan Table," is in her brief bio on the back cover. She doesn't prepare meatless meals...

What would Amy Farrah Fowler eat?

December 23, 2018 at 11:13 p.m.

The only mention of "The Big Bang Theory" in Mayim Bialik's new cookbook, "Mayim's Vegan Table," is in her brief bio on the back cover. She doesn't prepare meatless meals...

Offbeat things to do in Vegas? You betcha

August 23, 2019 at 3:42 p.m.

LAS VEGAS — For those whose interests extend beyond the norm (or whatever passes for the norm in this town), Las Vegas boasts a number of oddball activities that lure...

Offbeat things to do in Vegas? You betcha

May 10, 2019 at 2:17 a.m.

LAS VEGAS — For those whose interests extend beyond the norm (or whatever passes for the norm in this town), Las Vegas boasts a number of oddball activities that lure...

KLM employs socially networked seat selection

May 11, 2019 at 5:04 p.m.

For those travelers who have been stuck in an unwanted conversation with a chatty seatmate on a long flight, the thought of socializing aboard airplanes likely is abhorrent. But the...

Fear City is a family affair in Morton Grove

December 24, 2018 at 6:11 p.m.

What's most shocking about the gore-fest called "Fear City" is not the dozens of blood-splattered rooms, nor the corpse-filled elevated-train car, nor the dozens of zombies that lumber through the...

Poison center offers a dose of calm

June 18, 2018 at 3:43 p.m.

The voices on the two ends of the lines couldn't be more different. On one end the callers are often hysterical — their toddlers have just ingested bleach or their...

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