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Attractions, Architecture &
Hotels in the Windy City
Chicago is America's great architectural city — the birthplace of the skyscraper, strung along 26 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline with world-class museums, observation decks, and an outsized food and music culture. The most rewarding visits balance one day downtown (the Loop, the river, the lakefront museums) with a neighborhood day, and build around the architecture that makes the skyline one of the most recognizable on earth. Late spring through early fall is the strongest window; the lakefront in summer is the city at its best.
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Attractions & Tours
Top Chicago Experiences
Skydeck Chicago at Willis Tower
The 103rd-floor observation deck atop the building most Chicagoans still call the Sears Tower — home to The Ledge, the glass boxes that cantilever out over the city 1,353 feet below.
360 Chicago Observation Deck
The 94th-floor observation deck on the Magnificent Mile — formerly the John Hancock Center — with TILT, a platform that leans you out over Michigan Avenue, and the best view straight up the lakefront.
Art Institute of Chicago
One of the great encyclopedic art museums in the world — guarded by its famous bronze lions on Michigan Avenue, home to a legendary Impressionist collection plus "American Gothic" and "Nighthawks."
Field Museum of Natural History
Chicago's great natural history museum on the Museum Campus — home to SUE, one of the largest and most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeletons ever found, plus Egyptian tombs and a titanosaur named Máximo.
Shedd Aquarium
One of the largest indoor aquariums in the world, on the lakefront Museum Campus — beluga whales and dolphins in the Oceanarium, a Caribbean reef, sharks, and one of the best skyline views in the city from its front steps.
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
The largest science museum in the Western Hemisphere, in Hyde Park's grand 1893 World's Fair building — home to a real captured German U-boat, a walk-through coal mine, and hundreds of hands-on exhibits.
Hotels
Where to Stay in Chicago
The Peninsula Chicago
★★★★★
Consistently rated among the best hotels in the country — five-star service just off the Magnificent Mile, with a celebrated spa, a glamorous lobby afternoon tea, and a top-floor pool overlooking the skyline.
The Langham, Chicago
★★★★★
A serene riverside luxury hotel inside a landmark Mies van der Rohe tower — large rooms with floor-to-ceiling river views, a beautiful spa, and one of the city's best hotel afternoon experiences.
Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
★★★★★
A beautifully restored 1890s gentlemen's club turned boutique hotel on Michigan Avenue — gorgeous historic interiors, the buzzy Game Room bar, and a rooftop bar looking straight across Millennium Park.
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