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What to see in Chicago on foot

50 sights worth the detour, all walkable, all offline.

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Chicago is a city made for walking. This self-guided guide maps 50 of its sights worth the detour — landmarks, historic sites, viewpoints, museums and galleries, parks and gardens and public art — the places locals point to and the tour buses skip, close enough to string into a single day on foot. Download the Chicago pack in Voyage GO before you go and the whole route works offline: no roaming, no dead battery from a live map. Every monument, viewpoint and park you pass quietly fills your travel passport.

Landmarks1

  1. 1Begin Route 66U.S.

Historic Sites12

  1. 2Vietnam Veterans MemorialThe Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a war memorial in Chicago, in the U.S.
  2. 3Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable HomesiteThe Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable Homesite is the location where, around the 1780s, Jean Baptiste Point du Sable located his home and extensive trading post.
  3. 4Site of Fort DearbornFort Dearborn was a United States fort, first built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois.
  4. 5Eli SchulmanEli's Cheesecake is a cheesecake company based in Chicago.
  5. 6Manhattan BuildingThe Manhattan Building is a 16-story building at 431 South Dearborn Street in Chicago, Illinois.
  6. 7Old Colony BuildingThe Arc at Old Colony is a 17-story landmark building in the Chicago Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.
  7. 8Monadnock BuildingThe Monadnock Building is a 16-story skyscraper located at 53 West Jackson Boulevard in the south Loop area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
  8. 935 East Wacker35 East Wacker, also known as the Jewelers' Building, is a 40-story 523 ft (159 m) historic building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, located at the intersection of Wabash Avenue and East Wacker Drive, facing the Chicago River.
  9. 10Chicago TheatreThe Chicago Theatre, originally known as the Balaban and Katz Chicago Theatre, is a theater on North State Street in the Loop area of Chicago, Illinois.
  10. 11Chicago Water TowerThe Chicago Water Tower is a 182.5-foot (56 m) tall former water tower in Chicago, Illinois.
  11. 12Chicago Avenue Pumping StationThe Chicago Avenue Pumping Station is a municipal pumping station which provides the city of Chicago, Illinois, with fresh water from Lake Michigan.
  12. 13Columbia Yacht ClubMV Abegweit was an icebreaking railway, vehicle, and passenger ferry which operated across the Abegweit Passage of Northumberland Strait, connecting Port Borden to Cape Tormentine between 1947 and 1982.

Viewpoints1

  1. 14360 Chicago875 North Michigan Avenue is a 100-story, 1,128-foot-tall (344-meter) supertall skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois.

Museums & Galleries10

  1. 15McCormick Bridgehouse & Chicago River MuseumThe DuSable Bridge is a bascule bridge that carries Michigan Avenue across the main stem of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States.
  2. 16Loyola University Museum of ArtThe Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), which opened in the fall of 2005, is unique among Chicago's many museums for mounting exhibits that explore the spiritual in art from all cultures, faiths, and eras.
  3. 17The Museum of Contemporary PhotographyThe Museum of Contemporary Photography (MoCP) was founded in 1976 by Columbia College Chicago as the successor to the Chicago Center for Contemporary Photography.
  4. 18Richard H. Driehaus MuseumThe Richard H.
  5. 19American Writers MuseumThe American Writers Museum is a museum of American Literature and writing that opened in Chicago in May 2017.
  6. 20Chicago Architecture CenterThe Chicago Architecture Center (CAC), formerly the Chicago Architecture Foundation, is a nonprofit cultural organization based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, whose mission is to showcase Chicago and ideas from cities worldwide to inspire better living through design.
  7. 21Chicago Sports MuseumThe Chicago Sports Museum is a 23,000-square-foot museum located along the Magnificent Mile at the Water Tower Place mall in Chicago.
  8. 22Pritzker Military Museum & LibraryThe Pritzker Military Museum & Library is a non-profit museum and research library for the study of military history located in a state-of-the art facility in Kenosha, WI.
  9. 23Museum of Contemporary ArtThe Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) is a contemporary art museum near Water Tower Place in the Near North Side community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
  10. 24Illinois Holocaust Museum Presents Experience360The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center is a museum located in Skokie, Illinois, near Chicago.

Parks & Gardens7

  1. 25Millennium ParkMillennium Park is a public park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).
  2. 26Lurie GardenLurie Garden is a 2.5-acre (10,000 m2) garden located at the southern end of Millennium Park in the Loop area of Chicago in Cook County, Illinois, United States.
  3. 27Washington SquareWashington Square, also known as Washington Square Park, is a public park and registered historic landmark in Chicago, Illinois.
  4. 28Dearborn ParkDearborn Park is a residential Chicago neighborhood in South Loop. It is part of the Loop and Near South Side community areas of Chicago, and has a public park of the same name.
  5. 29Butler Field
  6. 30Seneca Park
  7. 31Lake Shore Park

Public Art19

  1. 32FlamingoFlamingo, a sculpture by American artist Alexander Calder, is a 53-foot-tall (16 m) stabile located in the Federal Plaza in front of the Kluczynski Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
  2. 33Sir Georg Solti BustA bronze bust of Georg Solti by Elisabeth Frink is installed in Chicago, in the U.S.
  3. 34Flying DragonFlying Dragon is a sculpture by Alexander Calder in the Art Institute of Chicago North Stanley McCormick Memorial Court north of the Art Institute of Chicago Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.
  4. 35Large Interior FormLarge Interior Form, 1953–54 is a sculpture by Henry Moore.
  5. 36CowCowParade is an international public art exhibit that has featured in major world cities.
  6. 37Chicago Rising from the LakeChicago Rising from the Lake (1954) is a bronze sculpture by Milton Horn.
  7. 38Jack BrickhouseAn outdoor sculpture of Jack Brickhouse is installed along Michigan Avenue, near the Chicago River bridge, in Chicago, Illinois.
  8. 39Cubi VIICubi VII is a sculpture by David Smith in the Art Institute of Chicago North Stanley McCormick Memorial Court north of the Art Institute of Chicago Building in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.
  9. 40MagdaleneMagdalene is an outdoor 2005 sculpture by Dessa Kirk, designed specifically for the triangular garden in Congress Plaza, east of S.
  10. 41Hector Guimard Metro entranceBetween 1900 and 1913, Hector Guimard was responsible for the first generation of entrances to the underground stations of the Paris Metro.
  11. 42Irv KupcinetThe Irv Kupcinet statue is an outdoor bronze statue in Chicago that depicts Irv Kupcinet, the Chicago newspaper columnist and radio and TV personality.
  12. 43We Will ChicagoWe Will is an outdoor 2005 welded stainless steel sculpture by Richard Hunt, installed in Chicago, in the U.S.
  13. 44Allow MeAllow Me is a bronze sculpture by John Seward Johnson II.
  14. 45Chicago Picasso Braille ModelThe Chicago Picasso is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois.
  15. 46Chicago PicassoThe Chicago Picasso is an untitled monumental sculpture by Pablo Picasso in Daley Plaza in Chicago, Illinois.
  16. 47Cloud GateCloud Gate is a public sculpture by artist Anish Kapoor that is the centerpiece of Grainger Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
  17. 48Four SeasonsFour Seasons is a 1974 mosaic by Marc Chagall that is located in Chase Tower Plaza in the Loop district of Chicago, Illinois.
  18. 49Equestrian Indians (The Spearman)The Bowman and The Spearman, also known collectively as Equestrian Indians, or simply Indians, are two bronze equestrian sculptures standing as gatekeepers in Congress Plaza, at the intersection of Ida B.
  19. 50Lion “in an attitude of defiance”Lions is a pair of 1893 bronze sculptures by Edward Kemeys, installed outside of the main entrance to the Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago, Illinois.

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