Chicago's Best Photo Spots

This seemingly fluid stainless steel structure was inspired by mercury, one of two elements that are liquid at room temperature. The rounded surface allows the observer a 66-foot panoramic reflection of Chic...

The Willis Tower Skydeck sits almost atop the 108-story building - located on the 103rd floor. Elevators take you up to the top in 60 seconds and you can actually feel the change in pressure as you ascend. T...

This theater was built in 1921 when showbiz was at its glitziest. The theater at that time was called Balaban and Katz Chicago Theater after the men who ran it. Fifty years later, the theater was in decline ...

If you're standing in front of Buckingham Fountain, and feel a sudden urge to sing Sinatra's "Love and Marriage" when the center jet shoots water straight up into the air, there's a reason! The rococo founta...

This 3,300-foot pier is one of the first places you should visit if this is your first time to Chicago. A ferris wheel, great photo opps, a nice view of the city skyline, and a variety of restaurants and bar...

Downtown Chicago Riverwalk is an all-day adventure and tours for any personality type are available. Foodies can join the Chicago Riverwalk Food Tour where you get a sampling of the Windy City's most interes...

Popular because of its irreverence, "Shameless" has been a Showtime fixture since 2011. With a series this long it has garnered quite the following. You can see some of this following in Chicago, loitering a...

Even abandoned rail lines can be reused! Once known as the Bloomingdale Line, it has been repurposed as a multi-use recreational trail. You can bike, jog, or walk your way through the 2.7-mile well-kept path...

The Chicago Cultural Center is the home of the largest single Tiffany piece in the world - a resplendent dome designed by J.A. Holtzer. It tops a room of ornately carved Carrara marble. Free admission is jus...

Once called the John Hancock Observatory (it is located in the John Hancock building), the 360 Chicago offers unparalleled views of the Chicago skyline and Lake Michigan. You will pay for the experience, tho...

Locally known as the Michigan Avenue Bridge, this drawbridge was officially named DuSable in honor of the area's first non-native resident who lived here in the late 1700s. The movable bridge is also noted f...

Even though Dusty Groove's main business is online, they open their doors every day to the public. They specialize in genres such as vintage jazz, funk, soul, hip-hop, world, and Brazil. The best section in ...

The Gothic Revival watertower was built in 1869, a time when such watertowers were architectural marvels instead of urban blights. It was used to hide the less attractive standpipe - and this particular stan...

This active lighthouse stands on a breakwater that protects the Chicago Harbor. First lit in 1893, it wasn't moved to its present site until 1919. Because the light actively guides water vessels, no public a...

In the John Hancock building of Chicago hangs Wolfgang Buttress' masterpiece - sculpture of 3,115 lights. Meant to depict the starry night sky of a less populous city each light is contained in a hand-blown ...

Is this the beginning or the end? If you were traveling westward, it would have been the beginning. But, if you came from the west, it would have been the end of your journey on Route 66. However, it is moun...

It's not a replica of dinosaur feces; rather it is an eye-popping reminder for people to pick up after their pets. Plopping the poop in a fountain of water is purposely distasteful - that is also a reminder ...