Chicago's top tourist attractions

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Chicago is home of many exciting activities like the two world-class zoos. The larger one is just a little out of the way, but well worth the detour. The Brookfield Zoo stretches across 216 acres, including both interior and exterior exhibits. Since it first opened its doors in 1934, (when it rewrote the rules on keeping animals in cages by using moats and ditches) the Brookfield Zoo has grown to include over 450 species of animals. Some of the more intriguing exhibits now on display are Feathers and Scales, Tropic World (including animals from rainforests of three continents), The Swamp and The Living Coast. There are also two different African habitats.

The John G. Shedd Aquarium, part of Chicago's famous Museum Campus, is one of the most renowned aquariums in the world. In addition to the incredible displays of fish from around the world, you can watch jellyfish bob around and even sea dragons as their lacy parts drift and float. In all, there are 22,000 aquatic animals - fish, reptiles, amphibians, invertebrates, and even birds and mammals. This non-profit foundation, open since 1930, is dedicated to both public education and conservation, helping on a number of projects to protect endangered species and bringing people into contact with an undersea world that might just as well be another planet to most of us. It is impossible to spend an hour in the Shedd Aquarium without being filled with wonder and awe. It is just that spectacular.

If you want something more than just chocolate (after you've taken the chocolate tour a few dozen times, it is possible you'll seek out a little more variety), how about the Chicago Food Planet tours. These are unique food tasting and culinary cultural walking tours around some of Chicago's historic neighborhoods. It is a non-touristy, local experience for people of all fitness levels from going one ethnic restaurant to another, all the way recounting tails of food and history, as well as architecture and culture. This is a unique hands-on (and moth-on!) experience that most visitors to Chicago overlook.

The Art Institute of Chicago, one of the most important art museums in the USA, also featuring a well-known art school. Probably the most important painting it houses is the ever famous "American Gothic", but it is a very large museum covering a variety of art forms, from the Grand Masters and Impressionists to modern architecture to armour and weaponry from the age of chivalry. The Art Institute of Chicago looks out over Millennium Park, whose conception itself is one of its exhibits.

There really are so many things to do in Chicago that it is hard to choose just those few. We did not even mention:

- Shedd Aquarium

- The Hancock Observatory

- Navy Pier

- Buckingham Fountain

- Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio

- MIllenium Park

- Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament

- Soldier Field

- Chicago Blues Festival

- Hundreds of delicious restaurants

- Two dolphin shows

and more to see and to do.

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Corey Rozon - swimming pool fence installation in Chicago.

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