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Cantigny Park Parent rating: Location: 1 S. 151 Winfield Road, Wheaton, IL Chicago publishing magnate Colonel Robert R. McCormick willed his 500-acre estate - named Cantigny in honor of the first American battle in World War I - as a public park and recreation area to the to...
Kline Creek Farm Parent rating: Location: 1N600 County Farm Rd, West Chicago, IL Kline Creek Farm, sitting within the 1,102-acre Timber Ridge Forest Preserve in Winfield, is a living-history farm depicting farm life as it was on this site and hundreds of others like it in 1...
Union Station Parent rating: Location: 210 S. Canal Street, Chicago, IL Originally designed by famed architect Daniel Burnham and completed in 1925 by the Graham, Anderson, Probst and White Firm, Union Station's Great Hall is considered to be one of the greatest indoor sp...
LaSalle Street Bridge Parent rating: Location: LaSalle and Wacker, Chicago, IL
Wicker Park Parent rating: Location: Damen and North Avenue, Chicago, IL The popular Wicker Park neighborhood - the hub of which is at North Avenue, Damen, and Milwaukee - features plenty of hip restaurants, thrift shops, and bookstores.
The Grove Parent rating: Location: 1421 Milwaukee Avenue, Glenview, IL The Grove is 123 acres of ecologically diverse prairie grove land preserved and maintained by the Glenview Park District. The Grove National Historic Landmark boasts a natural habitat, ...
Greektown Parent rating: Location: 100 S. Halsted Street, Chicago, IL
Giddings Plaza Parent rating: Location: 4731 N. Lincoln Avenue, Chicago, IL Kids love the bronze tiered fountain situated in the middle of Lincoln Square's Giddings Plaza. Its design was inspired by the motifs on the Louis Sullivan building at 4611 N. Lincoln. The P...
Graue Mill and Museum Parent rating: Location: 3800 S. York Road, Hinsdale, IL Graue Mill and Museum is an operating waterwheel grist mill and homestead that provides programs - for school children and others - including milling, spinning and weaving, and living history p...
Historic Village of Long Grove Parent rating: Location: 3110 RFD, Lake Zurich, IL Long Grove is a charming four-season village with more than 80 shops, galleries, and restaurants located 35 miles northwest of Chicago in southern Lake County.
Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain Parent rating: Location: Grant Park, 301 S. Columbus Drive, Chicago, IL One of the loveliest spots in one of Chicago's loveliest parks, Buckingham Fountain is the centerpiece of Grant Park, and it has also become one of its most recognizable landmarks in the...
Cuneo Museum & Gardens Parent rating: Location: 1350 N. Milwaukee Avenue, Vernon Hills, IL As a "living museum," the building and gardens of Cuneo preserve in vivid detail the flavor of an era and a way of life. The grand spaces of the Venetian style architecture, filled with antique...
Naper Settlement Parent rating: Location: 523 S. Webster Street, Naperville, IL Naperville's outdoor history museum village tells the story of daily life in the city as it changed from a simple frontier outpost to a bustling turn-of-the-century community. The paths of t...
Naval Station Great Lakes Parent rating: Location: 601 D Street, Great Lakes, IL

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