Chicago Things to Do

 121 Reviews  This is another big, tall thing (see my Skydeck review) included on CityPASS that we opted to do because we were sort of museum-ed out. "Big John's" glass observatory is perched a couple hundred... 

 141 Reviews  It screams "Tourist Trap" and is the type of place I usually avoid like the plague but amid the sweaty throngs, cheap tchotchke shops and mediocre restaurants are a couple of reasons to make the walk.... 

 129 Reviews  Oh yeah, every city has that big tall thing. For a chunk of your 401 they'll herd you into an elevator with a perky attendant and a kajillion other bodies you'll be fighting with for window space. For... 

 100 Reviews  Chicago has some killer green spaces for residents and visitors alike to escape the shadows of the skyscrapers and noise of the streets. One of the best is also one of the oldest: Grant Park was been... 

 79 Reviews  Walk through a recreation of an Egyptian tomb and learn about mummies. Pretend you're the size of a bug and take a journey underground. Explore how the first peoples of the North and South American... 

 64 Reviews  The conservatory and gardens of Lincoln Park are a nice escape from the noise and traffic of downtown, and free for the rambling. Greenery and exotic florals abound in all shapes and colors inside the... 

 65 Reviews  Umptybumpty shapes and colors drifting in cool turquoise or darting in and out of brilliant coral…Shedd is great day out for the small and the tall. Aquariums, like zoos, are perfect for entertaining... 

 113 Reviews  I've probably been to this one half a dozen times and it's still my favorite thing to do in Chicago. The Art Institute has a wonderful collection ranging from ancient to modern, and some pieces that... 

 15 Reviews  The Ping Tom Memorial Park is a park in Chicago's Chinatown named after one of its most important community members. Ping Tom was a businessman who invested heavily in the formation and expansion of... 

 69 Reviews  After reading about different tours, we decided to go with Chicago Architecture Foundation 1.5 hours river cruise on Saturday. I can`t say I loved it. First of all, with 77 buildings to mention and... 

 70 Reviews  In the southwest corner of Grant Park, there's an art installation by Magdalena Abakanowicz, a sculptor from Poland. It's fun to wander about the headless... 

 40 Reviews  Squeeze through the impossibly small corridors of a WWII-era German submarine or "ride" an elevator deep into a coal mine. Learn about space exploration or watch a ball race through the world's... 

 41 Reviews  Traveling with kiddies? On a budget? Here's a fun day out for you! Lincoln Park Zoo has been around forever, and is completely free for people both big and small to enjoy. There are enough critters to... 

 45 Reviews  No matter what baseball team you support, Wrigley Field is a must do for any baseball fan! Go see the Chicago Cubs play! Check out more fun things to do while in town from this fellow Cubs fan! -... 

 35 Reviews  Chicago Loop Alliance offers free 3 audio tours: - Theatre (10 theatres), - Art (17 art structures) - and Landmark (23 landmarks). You can experince them online or download the audio to your MP3... 

 27 Reviews  the famous Adler Planetarium of Chicago where the space lovers plus budding astronomists or plain old curious people converge and see the various treasures of space and the universe inside the huge... 

 21 Reviews  Seems everyone who can, does. Not easy getting up onto the large statue of a steer outside the cultural center, but once I saw someone do it, I decided that I could do it also. Swing one leg up and... 

 25 Reviews  Having been charged with finding the Tiffany mosaic ceiling in former Marshall Field's Department Store from shrimp56's & Dab's tips, I set out to discover it for myself. Firstly, I like anything Art... 

 31 Reviews  August 18-19, 2012 Held in mid to late August on a Saturday and Sunday from 10 am-3pm, the Chicago Air and Water Show is a free show featuring civilian and US military aircraft and watercraft, the... 

 27 Reviews  one of the architectural wonders in Wacker Area near the Chicago River due to the Art Deco Motif of the Building and on the Inside and a fine destination for Opera Lovers (unfortunately, I'm not fond... 

 9 Reviews  Cloud Gate, or "the Bean" as it has been affectionately dubbed by locals, has quickly become one of the most popular, and most photographed, sights in all Chicago. Designed by British artist Anish... 

 14 Reviews  Since its opening in 1967, Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art has hosted the works of Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Frida Kahlo and Jeff Koons, just to name a few. Even if it has now acquired a... 

 8 Reviews  This center is all about money, but you can visit it for free :) The Chicago Fed is one of 12 regional branches of the Federal Reserve System. You will find the visitor's centre on the first...