I spent 52 hours on an Amtrak sleeper train traveling from Chicago to San Francisco - a journey across mountains, plains, and ...

If you want to see the country without having to actually drive, a train ride might be the solution. You'll get to see the sights AND stretch your legs.

A Chicagoan who shared a cab with Russians years ago recalls their acceptance of how Vladimir Putin jailed a man who defied him — and wonders if Americans will react the same way about Donald Trump.