Whether it’s the Ballet, baseball, stunning architecture, world-class museums, beautiful theatres or gourmet restaurants, Chicago has them all; in fact, it’s a city which provides something for every traveler. There are very few cities that make better use of summer than Chicago, when locals shake off the winter blues and enjoy till the very last drop of summer fun. From amazing street festivals to picnics in the park to hitting the beach, there’s a host of things to do in Chicago.
DiscoverDuPage Drury Lane Theater
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Box office opens at 10:00 usually but at 11:00 on Sundays. Tickets $59.50-$69.50. Dinner packages are offered with the Mity Nice Grill. Part of the Broadway in Chicago crew, although most of their off...
DuSable Museum of African American History
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- City: Chicago
Based in Bronzeville, the DuSable Museum of African American History was founded by Dr. Margaret Burroughs and her husband, C...
EC Gallery
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- City: Chicago
Based in the West Loop district of Chicago,EC Gallery is home to contemporary arts founded in 2008 by an artist and curator, Ewa Czeremuszkin. The galley highlights contemporary artworks of the emergi...
Eighth Regiment Armory
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- City: Chicago
This was the first armory for an African-American regiment, serving the "Fighting 8th," which fought in the Spanish-American War and served with distinction in ...
Elijah Muhammad House
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- City: Chicago
Built by Elijah Muhammad, the founder of the Nation of Islam, it now serves as a 'National' House for the Nation of Islam. Designed by an Egyptian Architect,Dr....
Elks National Veterans Memorial
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- City: Chicago
Free admission and tours. This neoclassical veterans memorial is truly grand. Its interior is an extravagant ensemble of marble, bronze sculptures, stained glas...
JeremyA Emil Bach House
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- City: Chicago
This is the only survivor of the two homes Frank Lloyd Wright built in Rogers Park, commissioned by a local brick magnate. (Chicago, as you'll notice, was a good place to be in the brick business.) Af...
Essanay Studios
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- City: Chicago
A dizzy list of silent movie giants shot films here, Charlie Chaplin and local girl Gloria Swanson among them, and the city's awful winters played a part in shifting production to California for part ...
Federal Center
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- City: Chicago
This plaza includes Mies' Dirksen Federal Building and Kluczynski Federal Building (built eleven years apart), with a low-rise post office enveloped in their sleek black lines. But the buildings are n...
Ferris Wheel
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- City: Chicago
The 150-foot-high Ferris wheel is year round fun for people of all ages. The Navy Pier Ferris wheel display the amazing views of the skyline and lakefront with just a seven minute ride. In the evening...
Fireside Bowl
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- City: Chicago
There are better places to bowl and much better places to see live music, but this is hallowed ground for the teen punk of the '80s and '90s, when the Fireside was a cheap, all-ages venue punk, hardco...
Flatiron Arts Building
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- City: Chicago
This triangular behemoth was built in 1913 by the great Holabird & Roche, one of their few major products outside the Loop. The first floor is all retail, b...
