It's not Italy. It's Niles. We all have seen it in our travels through this Northwest suburb, a towering sculpture made of steel, concrete and precast stone, a local icon, a recently named historic ...
The Leaning Tower of Niles — a replica of the famed structure in Pisa — in suburban Chicago. (Credit: Raniero Tazzi/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.5).) Listen NILES, Illinois — Bells at the top of a ...
NILES, Ill. (AP) - Bells at the top of a half-scale replica of Italy’s famed Leaning Tower of Pisa in suburban Chicago will be playing some new tunes after undergoing renovations. The tower in Niles, ...
Chicagoans know the Leaning Tower of Niles as a local icon, but it may be earning a national reputation as a tourism-worthy site. The National Park Service announced Monday it has added the tower to ...
Click the "LISTEN" button above to hear reporter Dennis Rodkin discuss this story. Many Chicago-area drivers have been taking alternate routes this year because of construction on the Kennedy ...