The Chicago History Museum is located at 1601 N. Clark St. A couple buses like the 26 and 22 drop people off right at the front. It's the perfect place to get acquainted with the city and it's history. It packs a lot into two floors. It goes through Chicago's history, the blues and jazz era, [...]
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Lincoln Park Conservatory
The Lincoln Park Conservatory is located at 2391 N Stockton Dr. It's in-between the Nature Museum and the Lincoln Park Zoo. It's a great place to go in winter to get away from the cold. The Conservatory is home to a Palm House, a Fern Room (look for the dinosaurs scattered around), an orchid house, [...]
Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum is in Lincoln Park, it's in the same area as the zoo. The museum is located at 2430 North Cannon Drive. It is reachable by different forms of public transportation, most require a short walk. The walk isn't that bad, however I went in winter as you can tell from [...]
Zoolights
I think, almost every zoo has some form or another of zoo lights during the winter holidays. I've been to the one hosted by the St.Louis zoo, but this year I went to the zoolights at Lincoln Park zoo. The Lincoln Park zoo is free and for their Zoolights they are open until 9pm. If [...]
Lincoln Park Zoo
The Lincoln Park Zoo can be reached by bus and is free to enter. Parking costs between $20-$35 depending on the season. The zoo was created in 1868 and is about 35 acres. It is open all year long however it usually closes by 4:30/5pm. So I suggest going early in the day so you can see [...]