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DESTINATION CHICAGO

Home of the earliest skyscrapers, Chicago today boasts some of the world's tallest buildings, including the Sears Tower, Aon Center, and John Hancock Center, plus the under-construction Chicago Spire and Trump International Hotel and Tower. Noted among Chicago's many landmarks are Wrigley Field, and Buckingham Fountain.

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DESTINATION CHICAGO: Popular Travel Destinations

Discover CHICAGO
Founded in 1833 at the site of a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed, Chicago soon became a major transportation hub and quickly became the business and financial capital of the Midwest. Since the Chicago World's Fair of 1893, it has been regarded as one of the most influential world cities ...

The Chicago Loop
The Loop is what locals call the historical center of downtown Chicago. Most specifically, the term refers to an area bounded by a public transit circuit along Lake Street on the north, Wabash Avenue on the east, Van Buren Street on the south, and Wells Street on the west, but in general refers to the central business district ...

The Magnificent Mile
The Magnificent Mile is the portion of Michigan Avenue extending from the Chicago River to Oak Street in Near North Side community area. It includes fine restaurants, hotels, and stores and several of the tallest buildings in the world. In addition, numerous prestigious buildings are located along the Magnificent Mile ...

DESTINATION CHICAGO: Popular Tourist Attractinos

Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago landmark located at Columbus Drive and Congress Parkway in Grant Park. The fountain, which was designed by Edward H. Bennett with sculptures by Jacques Lambert and modeled after Latona Fountain at Versailles, was donated to the city by Kate Buckingham in memory of her brother ...

Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Harbor Lighthouse
The Chicago Harbor Lighthouse is an automated active lighthouse, and stands at the end of the northern breakwater protecting the Chicago Harbor, to the east of Navy Pier and the mouth of the Chicago River. It was constructed in 1893 for the World's Fair and moved to its present site in 1919 ...

Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago Water Tower is a contributing property in the Old Chicago Water Tower District landmark district. It is located at 806 North Michigan Avenue along the Magnificent Mile shopping district in the Near North Side community area of Chicago. The Water Tower serves as the Visitor's Welcome Center ...

John Hancock Center
The John Hancock Center at 875 N. Michigan Ave. in Chicago, is a 100-story skyscraper designed by structural engineer Fazlur Khan of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill. When completed in 1969, it was the tallest building in the world outside New York City. It is the third-tallest skyscraper in Chicago and the fifth-tallest in the USA ...

Navy Pier
Navy Pier is a 3,300-foot long pier on the Chicago shoreline of Lake Michigan. The pier was built in 1916 as a part of the Plan of Chicago developed by architect and city planner Daniel Burnham and his associates. The pier even had its own streetcar. It was known as a romantic spot for young lovers ...

The Sears Tower
The Sears Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago. It has been the tallest building in the United States since 1973, surpassing the World Trade Center, which itself had surpassed the Empire State Building only a year earlier. The Sears Tower Skydeck observation deck opened in 1974 and is located on the 103rd floor of the tower ...