I have been living in this beautiful city of Chicago ( suburbs ) for quite some time now.. over the years we have visited a lot of places in and around Chicago. If you live in Chicago or are visiting make sure you plan your trips accordingly in this WINDY city!!
Some of my favorite Chicago attractions, outdoor adventures, arts, history, road trips, tours, sports and shopping along with best places to eat, drink and have fun are listed below:
Places MUST GO
- Downtown walk
- Lake shore
- Millennium park
- Navy Pier
- Bean
- Hancock center - 360 Chicago View
- Willis Tower Observation deck - Skydeck
- Chicago Skyline - Shedd Aquarium skyline view
- Museums
Religious places of awesome architecture and marvel
- Hanuman temple
- Grayslake temple
- Arora temple
- Bhai temple
- Lemont temple
- Swami Narayan temple
Beaches
- Glencoe beach
- Lake Geneva
- Fox lake
- Downtown beach
- Bhai temple beach - Gilson Beach
Potawatomi park - St. Charles
Forest preserve / Kayaking & canoeing -
- Busse woods Dam
- Twin lakes Arlington heights
- Downtown river
- Downton Architectural tours
- Downtown Cruise
Picnic spots
- Half Day Rd
- Dundee Rd
- Independence day grove
- Botanical garden
- Ravinia
- Naperville Downtown
Zoos
Nearby
- Starved rock
- Door county
- Wisconsin dells
- Indiana dunes
- Benton harbor
- Macaw island
- Smokey mountains
- St Lewis - arch
- Table lake dam - Missourie
- Matthesian state park IL
- Granite peak ski resort - wi
Table lake dam - Missourie
Matthesian state park IL
U can visit Minnehaha Falls Split rock light house and Spirit mountain.. there are good beaches on the way up north
M Minnehaha falls, Minnesota Sculpture garden
About 40 minutes away from Duluth is Gooseberry Falls State Park. Falls are really nice and worth visiting.
Just 3 hours away is one of the most romantic and iconic place which is aptly called "The covered bridges capital of the world".
https://www.coveredbridges.com
There are 31 covered bridges - all using the TRUSS design and made of Burr oak. Beautiful fall colors frame the bridges and there is minor and major hiking around them.
This one county Parke in Indiana has 31 covered bridges because it has that many creeks!
Here is the proposed itinerary
8 AM- Leave Chicagoland
11 AM- Arrive at Turkey Run State Park ( 12 noon local time)
11 AM- 2 PM- Enjoy hiking and fall colors in the park
2PM- 3PM- Have lunch at a nearby restaurant- Up the Creek
3PM- 5PM- Take in as many bridges as possible. We did 7
5PM- Donuts and coffee at the wheelhouse donut shop
8PM- Arrive back
- Air show Doentown
- Kites festival
- Cinco de mayo festival 4th July
- Table lake dam - Missourie
- Matthesian state park IL
- South haven
- Oshtoff resort
Rock Cut State Park
7318 Harlem Rd, Loves Park, IL 61111
(815) 885-3311
https://goo.gl/maps/
