One of the longest-operating hotels in America is a modern luxury destination with historic elegance in the heart of Chicago ...

The Palmer House also claims that it was the largest hotel in the world in the 1920s, when a 25-story tower was added. No matter the superlatives, this remains a grand old dame with lots of history.

The brownie has become so well-known and coveted that the hotel now sells the popular sweet treat in their Lockwood ...

Just a year later, as the Palmer House Hotel neared completion, the Chicago Fire of 1871 gutted the city. When the Palmer House was rebuilt, Bertha and her husband moved into a suite there ...