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Shedd Aquarium is great at sunset - great spot to get the skyline.
Adler's Planetarium great for skyline shot as sunset
Millennium Park in downtown Chicago, it is on the lakefront along Michigan Avenue. It starts at
Randolph on the north end and is adjacent to Grant Park, which goes to Congress on the south
end. Within these two parks are Cloud Gate (Chicagoans call it "the Bean")
(which is fascinating), the Crown Fountain (unique), the Pritzker
Pavilion, Wrigley Square, some beautiful gardens and, of course,
Buckingham Fountain.
Art Institute along Michigan Avenue is a beautiful building with a great collection of
artwork. South of downtown along the lakefront (Lake Shore Drive) is the
Museum of Science and Industry. It is the only building still standing from the Columbian
Exposition in Chicago. Louis
Sullivan buildings for architecture. The Water Tower - corner of Chicago Ave
& Michigan Ave., and the Museum of Contemporary Art 1/2 block
east of Michigan Ave. on Chicago Ave. The
Tribune Building at 401 N. Michigan Ave. The Wrigley Building (Michigan Avenue just north of the
river) is beautiful. If you keep going north on Michigan Avenue, you
will come to the Water Tower - significant as the spot where the Great Chicago Fire came to a
halt. North Michigan Avenue is also a shopper's heaven. For an overall view of the City, go
to the top of the Sears Tower (on Wacker Drive around Adams Street). Downtown Chicago is filled with
modern artwork - most notably the Picasso at Daley Center (Washington between Randolph and Clark) and
the Miro (across the street from the Picasso).
The Chicago River and the drawbridges over it. The
statue of Irv Kupcinet at Wacker Ave. and Wabash Ave.
Brookfield Zoo
Garfield Park Conservatory
At the far south end, at Michigan Avenue and Roosevelt (1200 South) is
the Agora - a forest of 10-foot tall headless figures by
Magdalena Abakanowicz.
Navy Pier - at Grand Avenue East of Lake Shore Drive, with its Ferris Wheel - go up in it,
you'll have a marvelous view overlooking the city! I took some photos from the Ferris Wheel
Galena, Illinois is a small town about 3 hours northwest of Chicago with quite a few historic buildings
-- including a hotel that held one of the Lincoln/Douglass debates and the Ulysses S. Grant Home
State Historic Site
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore is about an hour southwest of Chicago. Aside from the
dunes and lakeshore there is the Chellberg Farm (typical 1890-1910 farmstead) and the Bailly
Homestead (which is a National Historic Landmark).In addition, there are five homes from the
1933 Chicago World's Fair (Century of Progress). They were moved to the dunes
(Beverly Shores) a couple of years after the fair ended.
Peoria Festival of Lights in East Peoria during December. A mile long drive
thru a park filled with lights in the shape of different things.
Wildlife Prairie Park Peoria.
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