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Get wind of the Windy City

Green Mill Cocktail Lounge, Chicago. Chicago is often called the "most American" of the big cities, and for a traveler with your specific interests in aviation, rail history, and urban design, it is arguably the best destination in North America. Here is why Chicago is a "super destination" for your specific tastes. For example,…

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More is more? The London Underground’s Over-Designed Stations.

Watch more of this particular conundrum courtesy of the ever-interesting Jago Hazzard, above. In the world of transit architecture, "over-designed" is a term often used by critics to describe spaces where the aesthetic ambition feels disproportionate to the simple act of catching a train. For the London Underground (the "Tube"), this phenomenon is usually a…

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