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The Windy City whips up a heady mix of basement blues, penthouse views, elevated rails and lake-front trails.

Take a tour of Evanston’s 19th-century lighthouse, which was once used to guide ships into Chicago Harbor and today stands as an eye-catching lakeside landmark.

Leave the skyscrapers of Chicago behind by escaping inland to tranquil gardens that feature model railroads, a vast array of trees and peaceful ponds.

The heart of the Midwest’s glittering metropolis has many offerings, from shopping and dining to parks, museums and exciting contemporary public art.

Opportunities for fun, learning and wonder abound at this historic and state-of-the-art museum on the pretty shore of Lake Michigan.

The Windy City whips up a heady mix of basement blues, penthouse views, elevated rails and lake-front trails.

See mind-bending sculptures, a musically-inspired lawn and giant water fountains that double-up as video screens.

An avenue brimming with superb shops and restaurants, the Magnificent Mile more than lives up to its name.

Opportunities for fun, learning and wonder abound at this historic and state-of-the-art museum on the pretty shore of Lake Michigan.

Take a tour of Evanston’s 19th-century lighthouse, which was once used to guide ships into Chicago Harbor and today stands as an eye-catching lakeside landmark.

You don’t have to be a student to appreciate the attractions and ambiance of this celebrated university on the banks of Lake Michigan.

See mind-bending sculptures, a musically-inspired lawn and giant water fountains that double-up as video screens.

See mind-bending sculptures, a musically-inspired lawn and giant water fountains that double-up as video screens.

The Willis Tower is at its best when you\'re dangled over one of its glass-bottomed balconies 396 metres above Chicago.

You don’t have to be a student to appreciate the attractions and ambiance of this celebrated university on the banks of Lake Michigan.

Opportunities for fun, learning and wonder abound at this historic and state-of-the-art museum on the pretty shore of Lake Michigan.

Take a tour of Evanston’s 19th-century lighthouse, which was once used to guide ships into Chicago Harbor and today stands as an eye-catching lakeside landmark.

This much-loved, much-visited zoo can whisk you a whole world away, to where the chimps and gorillas play.

You don’t have to be a student to appreciate the attractions and ambiance of this celebrated university on the banks of Lake Michigan.

Shining golden in the Chicago sunshine, this installation outside the Adler Planetarium will impress you with its beauty and help you know what time it is.

You don’t have to be a student to appreciate the attractions and ambiance of this celebrated university on the banks of Lake Michigan.

Chicago\'s biggest park has beaches to bathe, museums to muse, golf courses, walking trails and limitless ways to relax.

The huge glass-roofed rooms bring some amazing landscapes, and spectacular plants, to western Chicago.