Amtrak intro­duced a new Web site designed to show trav­el­ers how con­ve­nient it is to travel by train to visit the country’s national parks.

With the theme “Parks in Your Backyard,” Amtraktoparks.com allows users to see the near­est Amtrak route to fea­tured national park sites, each of which can be reached using pub­lic trans­porta­tion from an Amtrak station.

A new exhibit focused on flight nurses dur­ing World War II opened March 3 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

H2O Audio intro­duces the Capture Waterproof Case, a clever kit that turns the iPod nano 5th gen­er­a­tion into an under­wa­ter cam­era. Plug in a pair of H2O’s water­proof head­phones to enjoy under­wa­ter lis­ten­ing too – maybe even swim with sharks while lis­ten­ing to the Jaws music.

What con­sti­tutes “the best?” Well, like a lot of things, it depends on whom you ask. So, the Missouri Division of Tourism recently con­ducted an infor­mal Facebook poll where they asked their fans to tell them where to find things like “the best” of every­thing, from best cheese­burg­ers to best scenic drives.

From store­front the­aters in the neigh­bor­hoods and Tony-award win­ning regional com­pa­nies to major Broadway shows, Chicago is known through­out the world for its exten­sive selec­tion of critically-acclaimed the­ater. On any given day, vis­i­tors can ven­ture out into Chicago’s diverse com­mu­ni­ties for a pro­duc­tion at one of the city’s many off-Loop the­ater com­pa­nies or see a musi­cal in the bustling his­toric down­town the­ater district.