Don your plaid shirt, grab a pumpkin spice latte, and cue up the autumn playlist: you're going on a road trip in one of the best leaf-peeping spots in the U.S. But wait, turn around! New England isn't ...

When Joyce Caldwell first toured this 100-year-old, 800-square-foot one-bedroom apartment in Chicago's Lakeview East area three and a half years ago, she says it was "absolutely disgusting." "A ...