Chicago Things To Do

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John Hancock Center and 360° Chicago

Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, this multipurpose skyscraper is distinguished by its tapering shape and enormous X braces, which...

Magnificent Mile

Michigan Avenue, or Mag Mile as some call it, is a potpourri of historic buildings, upscale boutiques, department stores, and posh hotels. ...

Museum of Contemporary Art

A group of art patrons who felt the great Art Institute was unresponsive to modern work founded the MCA in 1967, and it has remained a renegade...

Tribune Tower

To create a home for his newspaper, Chicago Tribune publisher Colonel Robert McCormick held a design competition in which entrants were judged...

Lincoln Park Zoo

At this urban enclave near Lake Michigan, you can face off with a lion (separated by a window, of course) outside the Kovler Lion House; watch...

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Religious Building/ Site/ Shrine 8

Department Stores 6

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Educational Institution 4

Garden/ Arboretum 4

Financial Institution 1

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