What makes The Mist Trail so unique is not its sights – Vernal Fall and Nevada Fall – but how you get there. To get to the top of both falls, hikers must climb a 600-step granite staircase ...

(Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) People bike along a trail ... fall leaves at the Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Oct. 23, 2024. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Visitors take photos as leaves ...