Washington DC? Baltimore?

Denver. It's beautiful this time of year.

Done DC a bunch of times. Baltimore is possible, miss the crab cakes.

Mostly hiking there right? Drink beer?

Denver's got a roaring microbrew culture, lots of places to go in LoDo, like the Wyncoop and others. Downtown is fun to wander around. Check out my favorite little coffee shop, http://themarketatlarimer.com/ . Tour the Mint. The art museum is reasonably nice, the Natural History Museum can be fun. Hundreds of miles of bike paths. Really easy access to downtown now from the airport using the train, you wouldn't really need a car for just a few days. If you do get a car, you could drive up to a place like Breckenridge in the mountains for a day.

See if the Rockies are in town. Coors Field is a great place to see a ballgame, and I'm sure you could get a pretty reasonably priced ticket, an easy walk from downtown.

Sounds like fun, thx.

Going to Charleston this July for our annual guys weekend (were all early 30s from NYC) and found a great AirBnB right on Folly Beach, 15 minutes to downtown. 3 bedroom, 2 bath, $1750 for 3 nights split amongst 6 people.

We had originally planned Cartagena, Columbia but two of our group was scared about Zika.

I would second Traverse City got a great fare up there about 3 weeks ago had an awesome time. Spent the day walking from Craft Brewery to Craft Brewery, so if that is something you enjoy it made for a great day.

I will be flying DTW-BOS on the labor day wknd to drive to maine, eat lobster and check out acadia natl park. I prefer cool weather and natural exhibits.

"Dallas" and "fun" are two words I would never expect to see in the same sentence.

Portland and Seattle are both very doable in a weekend from MDW.

Portland, Maine is also really fun for a weekend, as is Savannah.

Also, bear with me, but since you're flying WN, Columbus (my hometown, not Columbus, Indiana - I can only assume that one was a joke) can be a great place for a couple days if you've never been there.

German Village would appeal to your architecture/history interests, North Market is a great place for food of all varieties. The Short North is an excellent place to walk around and spend the evening grazing and shopping.

We also have a really hot craft brewery and food truck scene going on right now. Two of my favorites are Land Grant in Franklinton and Seventh Son in Italian Village, which both have food trucks every night. Franklinton also has a really happening art scene.

The Columbus Museum of Art also was recently remodeled and I think is still free on Sundays. There's also the State Capitol, the Thurber House, the Topiary Garden (live version of Seurat's famous painting), etc.

Everything I just mentioned is within walking distance or easy Uber distance of the Hyatt Regency downtown.

Boston gets my vote.

:D just went in March, had a blast!

Columbus IN is not a joke for people interested in (modern) architecture. It is on several world's best lists of urban architecture.

The background is that Mr. Miller, the head of Cummings Diesel, was a big fan of modern architecture. Starting in the 1940s, he helped local entities have their buildings designed by the likes of Eliel and Eero Saarinen, Harry Weese, etc.

Eventually Miller and Cummings set up a program where they would pay all the architects fees and part of the construction costs for public and private entities.

So you have libraries, churches, fire stations and schools by the likes of Richard Meier, I. M. Pei, Robert Venturi, Kevin Roche, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Kohn Peterson and Fox, etc. Even the shopping mall is designed be Cesar Pelli.

See some the major buildings at:

http://www.columbus.in.us/columbus/a...tecture?page=1

These names may not be recognized by many people, but for fans of design they are the major leagues. The OP stated an interest in architecture, after all. :)

Thanks non Rev. I didn't even know there was a Columbus in IN.