It’s 5:30 p.m. on a late-summer Friday. The warm afternoon air cools as you walk through the heavy double doors of Gurnee Mills mall. To the right, a jungle-themed mural guides you down a hallway ...

Upon entering the Rainforest Cafe, I was greeted by a talking tree that rattled off a slew of plant-related factoids. Pumped-in fog and canned thunder rang out, as a hostess led me through an aquarium ...