If you are going to Chicago for a holiday this season, don’t forget to spare time for these ten things to do in Chicago.

Brookfield Zoo: Especially if your family is with you or you are an animal lover visit this zoo situated on the Golf Road and you will just love spending some time with animals out there. This zoo has over 2000 animals and it covers an area of 216 acres. While you visit this zoo, make sure that you attend the Dolphin presentation. There are sections in the zoo where visitors can come closer to animals for better interaction with them. Along with zoo at Brookfield you can enjoy some shopping and dining too.

Amazing Chicago Funhouse Maze: Located on Navy Pier the Amazing Chicago funhouse maze is an ultimate thing to do when in Chicago. This funhouse maze is Chicago’s first full-sensory maze that gives a 15-minute walk experience where the visitors walk through attraction mazes and navigate through mirror mazes and tunnel stets. The overwhelming special effects, sights and sounds leave the visitors mesmerized. Amazing Chicago is an exclusive way of showing Chicago to tour groups, students and other visitors.

Buckingham Fountain: It is one of the most popular sites in list of things to do in Chicago. Buckingham Fountain is the world’s largest fountain. The special features of this fountain are the four horses on its side symbolize Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. The fountain is operative from April 1 to November 1, it runs daily from 10am to 11pm and as it gets dark the water display is accompanied by light and music. Amazing lights and soothing music complement the movement in water. It’s a sight next to heaven that fix the audience for long times.

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum:  Let’s make the trip to Chicago a memorable and an educative one. Keep ample spare time to visit the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum at Lake Shore Drive. The visitors’ imagination gets fueled when they see the world’s first StarRider Theater showcasing the historical artifacts. You get to see the world’s finest rare book collection and astronomical instrument collection at this museum. It’s just fantastic visiting the Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum.

Millennium Park:  The next interesting thing to do in Chicago is going to the Millennium Park in center of downtown Chicago.  The best thing about the park is that it is open daily and admission to the park is absolutely free. This Millennium Park project is a momentous millennium project. It aims at transforming the unpleasant railway tracks and parking lots to create new parkland. Visiting this place will for sure add to the pleasure of being in Chicago.

Sears Tower Skydeck: The amazing 103 storeyed tower is another great spot to be visited in Chicago. The day when the sky is clear, the visibility from top floor of Sears Tower is about 40-50 miles. You can have a look at the beautiful city of Chicago and its architecture; you can also view Indians, Wisconsin and Michigan. The Skydeck features interactive, museum quality demonstrations that draw attention to Chicago’s history and its historic characters. Unique cut-out windows are there for kids to come eye-to-eye with the most fascinating scenes from Chicago’s history. There are telescopes placed on the Skydeck for the visitors to have a close look at the Chicago city. Restaurants are there to meet the eating needs of the visitors.

Art Institute of Chicago: If you are an art lover, don’t miss visiting the Art Institute of Chicago as it holds one of the world’s best art collections. This Art Institute possesses world’s most finest and comprehensive collection of Modern and Contemporary Art. This includes more than 1,500 paintings and sculptures that are displayed in this institute.  To make your visit a memorable one the Art Institute also has museum shop where you can buy replicas of the things in the gallery as a remembrance of your visit.

Shedd Aquarium: Take a fun trip to the world’s largest indoor aquarium and have a great experience of being with more than 8,000 aquatic animals which belong to more than 700 species. You can watch drivers hand the sharks, southern stingrays, sea turtles and many more dangerous aquatic animals.  The aquarium is brimming with life and full of colors never experienced before. The visit to Shedd aquarium is a unique thing to do in Chicago. Its lovely to see dolphins interact with the animal care staff. Kids really enjoy there visit to this fabulous world of aquatic animals.

Taste of Chicago: If you are lucky enough you can enjoy the Annual Food Festival at Chicago. This is also the Midwest’s Largest Food Festival and is organized somewhere in Jun-July. All through the festival numerous local restaurateurs offer mouth watering food preparations with exotic salads, delicious dishes that are special in Chicago. Along with amazing food, musical performances are also organized to keep the crowd entertained. This food festival has free admission, so again this should be a highlighted thing to do in Chicago.
Harold Washington Library:  If you are a scholar or in deep love with books, then keep the Harold Washington Library in your list of things to do in Chicago. This beautiful library is located at State Street and Congress Parkway You will be glad to know that Harold Washington Library has made its name in the Guinness Book of World records for being the World’s Largest Public Library. The library possesses world class books on- Literature, fiction, non-fiction, children’s books and many more. This Library also has educational CDs, DVDs and music CDS to offer. The Library also has a 385-seat auditorium, an exhibit hall, a video theater and meeting rooms. It would be wonderful to visit this library.

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