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Art Institute of Chicago |
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A highlight of any trip to Chicago, this museum is home to one of the best and most diverse art collections in the world. People are drawn first to the vast Impressionist collection, including the world's largest group of Monet paintings. The contemporary section has been expanded and now includes pieces by Picasso, Matisse, Dali, Pollock, and Warhol.
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Museum of Contemporary Art |
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The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is located at 220 East Chicago Avenue, just one block east of Michigan Avenue, in the heart of the Magnificent Mile in downtown Chicago. Featured works go far beyond two dimensions and include such diverse media as sculpture, photography, dance, performance, and music.
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Shedd Aquarium |
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Strap a mask and flippers onto your imagination and chart a course to Chicago's Shedd Aquarium. Have you ever sailed the Pacific Northwest on a whale-watching cruise? Gotten eye-to-eye with a shark? Or followed a sea turtle as she soared through the Caribbean? At Shedd, it's all possible.
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The Field Museum |
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From single-celled organisms to towering dinosaurs, from great scientists to everything in-between, The Field Museum has something for everyone to discover. Visitors are immediately greeted by two massive elephants and Sue, the museum's famous Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton.
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The Sears Tower |
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Standing 1454 feet high, this skyscraper is easily Chicago's most dominant structure. Visitors can shoot to the top of the 110-story building via a 70-second elevator ride and catch magnificent views into Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin from the 103rd floor skydeck.
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Wrigley Field |
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Wrigley Field is the second-oldest ballpark in the majors behind Boston's Fenway Park. This cozy stadium's friendly atmosphere asserts strong appeal for Chicago Cubs fans. First opened in 1914, the facility boasts ivy-covered brick walls in the outfield and a manual scoreboard that helps promote a good-old-days ambience.
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