Our blog is filled with fun stories and little-known facts about special places.
Come learn about those places and the people who made them unique, as well as highlights of our Adventures.
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LATEST BLOG POSTS
- Activities
The Best Parks in Chicago to Have a Picnic
Although Chicago is a sprawling metropolis, its abundance of park space means there are plenty of places to have a picnic, even in its most crowded areas. While virtually all of the city’s parks can serve as a great place to spread a blanket out, eat, and enjoy a day in the sun, we’ve chosen these based on location and things for the kids to do. We’ve also chosen restaurants and markets within walking distance to get food.
July 17, 2025
- City
How to Spend a Perfect Chicago Summer Vacation
The eATLAS app offers a variety of app-guided tours featuring the extraordinary art, architecture, food, history, and neighborhoods of Chicago, available on-demand at your convenience. The blog post below details the more conventional options available to Chicago residents and visitors.
July 10, 2025
- Iconic Chicago
Chicago’s Automotive History
In a way, the American automobile industry was born in Chicago. While in town for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, a 30-year-old Henry Ford saw Gottlieb Damiler’s gasoline-powered internal combustion engine on a carriage. He also visited the Union Stock Yards and saw its efficiency, with a different person responsible for each aspect of the butchering process.
July 3, 2025
- City
How Chicago Got Its Odd Shape
Looking at a map of Chicago can produce mixed reactions. On the one hand, there’s an orderly grid of streets of equal length, a river dividing the city into the North, South, and West Sides, and a few interstate highways that bring commuters in from the suburbs.
June 26, 2025
- Food
Chicago’s Best Food and Drink Tours
In addition to the tours listed below, eATLAS has several Adventures based on Chicago’s food scene. The Brown Line Pizza Tour takes you to six pizzerias in six neighborhoods along the CTA’s Brown Line, our Chicago Taco Crawl visits five Mexican restaurants in Lincoln Park, and The Bear “Chaos Menu” Crawl recreates the episode of the hit TV series where Sydney traverses the city in search of inspiration for the new restaurant’s menu.
June 19, 2025
- Iconic Chicago
The History of Chicago’s Bridges
With the Chicago River dividing the city into the North, South, and West Sides, bridges that could allow people and vehicles to cross while still allowing ships to pass through was necessary for Chicago’s growth. The city now has 37 movable bridges, 32 on the Chicago River and the others on the Calumet. That’s the most of any North American city, and second only to Amsterdam.
June 12, 2025