Our blog is filled with fun stories and little-known facts about special places.

• City
• Tours

Prairie Avenue: Chicago’s First “Millionaires’ Row”

Found on the Near South Side, the Prairie Avenue District has some of Chicago’s most historic mansions. eATLAS’ CHIstory ScavHunt Adventure, which takes place May 31st-June 2nd, will immerse you in the Windy City’s storied past, with a chance to win cash prizes totaling $5,000. You can get full details here. By Dave Lifton (@daveeatschicago) […]

April 11, 2024

• Food
• Tours

Chicago Pizza Isn’t Only About Deep-Dish

eATLAS’ new Brown Line Pizza Tour Adventure shows off the diversity of both Chicago’s neighborhoods and its pizza culture by sampling six variations of pizza close to six stations on the CTA’s Brown Line, from the Loop to Lincoln Square. The birth of deep-dish will also be part of our Chicago ScavHunt 2024, which will […]

April 5, 2024

• Travel

Cape Town: A Cosmopolitan Mecca of Culture, History and Food.

Welcome to Cape Town, the Rainbow Nation city that blends natural beauty with cultural abundance. Tour the City on a Culinary Adventure with the Cape Town Food Tour. Post and photos by Kelly Kniewel (@ChiCitiGirl) Located at the southwestern tip of Africa, Cape Town offers a unique experience that caters to every traveler’s desires, especially […]

April 2, 2024

• Celebration

Meet Crusading Civil Rights Journalist Ida B. Wells

Created by Larissa Rolley, eATLAS’ Women in Chicago tour Adventure visits 17 locations throughout the city focusing on women who shaped the city’s past, including Ida B. Wells, and are defining its future. By Dave Lifton (@daveeatschicago) In 2019, Congress Parkway in Chicago was renamed Ida B. Wells Drive. It was the first time the […]

March 21, 2024

• Tours

Discover Wynwood: Miami’s Most Colorful Neighborhood

Wynwood is celebrated for the street art that can be found on walls throughout the Miami neighborhood. You can find six pieces made by world-renowned artists, and learn more about them, by taking our app-guided mural tour of Wynwood Adventure. By Dave Lifton (@daveeatschicago) In 1917, Josiah Chaille and Hugh Anderson bought farmland with the […]

March 15, 2024

• Activities

Meet Lizzie Magie, Macomb’s Real Inventor of Monopoly

Macomb, Ill., aka “Forgottonia,” is honoring Lizzie Magie on May 9th, her birthday, by unveiling the world’s largest Monopoly board in Courthouse Square. You’ll be able to play this life-sized version of Macombopoly for free through the eATLAS app, where you can also explore the town’s history with Abraham Lincoln and see its many murals. […]

March 7, 2024