Chicago Attractions
Posted on Mar 13th, 2008
The Greater Chicago area is full of attractions for all ages. Chicago claims fame to producing the earliest steel frame skyscraper, Pullman rail car, cafeteria, co-educational public high school, bifocal contact lens, along with Cracker Jacks and Schwinn Bicycles. Hugh Hefner started Playboy magazine here. Other bragging points for this city along Lake Michigan’s southwest shore include Sears Tower, stretching 110 floors skyward, the Merchandise Mart as the world’s largest commercial building, and McCormick Place as the largest convention center with 2.2 million square feet.
Adler Planetarium
Opened in 1930 as the first planetarium in the western hemisphere, additions to the Adler within the past decade include a theater and restaurant.
1300 South Lake Shore Drive. Call (312) 922-7827 for more information.
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Here you’ll find Grant Wood’s American Gothic, Picasso’s The Old Guitarist and a spectacular collection of Impressionist and post Impressionist works by Monet, Renoir, and Gaugin among other celebrated artists.
South Michigan Avenue and Adams Street. Call (312) 443-3600 for more information.
Field Museum
Explore cultures and environments from around the world within six acres of exhibits at this world-class facility originally funded by retailer Marshall Field.
Lake Shore Drive and East Roosevelt Road. Call (312) 922-9410 for more information.
The Loop
Known as the Loop since cable car days of the late 1800s, Chicago’s downtown serves as a vibrant architectural museum where you can wander past modern towers adjacent to 19th century structures, shop at huge department stores surviving the malling of America, and visit world-renowned museums. Noisily looping the loop overhead, you will encounter the train called the El.
Museum of Science and Industry
At this sprawling exhibit powerhouse, you can walk through a replica of a human heart, explore a WWII German submarine or sample perfect acoustics at the Whispering Gallery.
5700 South Lake Shore Drive. Call (773) 684-1414 for more information.
Sears Tower
Once the world’s tallest building (now edged out by another in Malaysia), the 110-story Sears Tower continues to impress with its steel frame covered in black aluminum and bronze-tinted glass. On clear days, you can see Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin from the 103rd floor Skydeck open 365 days.
233 South Wacker Drive. Call (312) 875-9696 for more information.
Shedd Aquarium
John G. Shedd Aquarium, the world’s largest, boasts underwater viewing areas for dolphins and whales along with exhibits for river otters, electric eels, piranhas, and scores of other aquatic wonders.
1200 South Lake Shore Drive. Call (312) 939-2426 for more information.
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