Chicago’s Open Days are June 21 and 29, and July 19 and 27. Eleven lavish private gardens on the North Shore–some decades old, others in more contemporary styles–are featured, thanks to ...

offers a history of the gravy days that followed World War I through the lavish gardens created by the du Pont family, whose gunpowder fueled the war. Curated by the historian Maggie Lidz ...