The 5,400-square-foot structure would dock half the year adjacent to Independence Seaport Museum and half near Fairmount Water Works.

Paul Vriend's photo of a beaver swimming at Jackson Park leads the notes package from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

When it comes to finding the cheapest places to live in the U.S. for city dwellers, the best locations to settle down are mostly south of the Mason-Dixon line. Tennessee and Alabama are just a ...