Chicago, Illinois City Guide
Chicago, on Lake Michigan, offers attractions like Michigan Avenue, the Magnificent Mile, Wrigley Field, fine restaurants, & a great music scene.
Attractions
 Chicago is known for its astonishingly delicious foods, legendary baseball, dedication to the arts, shoppers paradise, and wonderful bed and breakfasts. Delight in live music, theatre performances, annual festivals, world-renowned museums, mouth-watering restaurants and eateries, and bed and breakfasts that pamper guests with city charm and modern conveniences. Search LanierBB.com for your ideal Chicago bed and breakfast.
Hop on the L or hail a taxi outside of your Chicago bed and breakfast and set out to explore the many varied attractions the city has to offer!
Exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago are world renowned - namely for Impressionist paintings. Overlooking Lake Michigan, the bold Museum of Contemporary Art exhibits 21st century works. Gutsy Steppenwolf Theater productions and the city's scores of other theaters, including the Victory Gardens, the Goodman, the Court, and the Shakespeare Repertory, regularly showcase the talents of remarkable local actors, successors to the likes of John Malkovich and Gary Sinise.
The nation's first free municipal cultural center, the Chicago Cultural Center is one of the city's ten most popular attractions and is considered one of the most comprehensive arts showcases in the United States. Each year, the Chicago Cultural Center features more than 1,000 programs and exhibitions covering a wide range of the performing, visual and literary arts. Programming is aimed at increasing public awareness of the arts, and school tours and learning guides are provided to enhance the public's appreciation of the landmark building and enjoyment of its diverse programs and exhibitions.
The Center serves as the city's official reception venue where the Mayor has welcomed Presidents and royalty, diplomats and community leaders. This is the "People's Palace," where Chicago's diverse communities gather. This remarkable structure was completed in 1897 as the city's main library. Constructed to be "an enduring monument worthy of a great and public spirited city" -- in the words of the founding library board -- the "People's Palace" is a testament to the foresight of Chicago's turn of the (20th) century cultural leadership.
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