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© Daniel Schwen · CC BY-SA 4.0Willis Tower
The Willis Tower, formerly and still commonly referred to as the Sears Tower, is a 110-story, 1,451-foot (442.3 m) skyscraper in the Loop of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
© ajay_suresh · CC BY 2.0Art Institute of Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago is a private, nonprofit art museum in Grant Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1879, it is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the United States.
© No machine-readable author provided. JeremyA assumed (based on copyright claims) · CC BY-SA 2.5875 North Michigan Avenue
875 North Michigan Avenue (formerly known as and still commonly referred to as the John Hancock Center) is a 100-story, 1,128-foot-tall (344-meter) skyscraper located in Chicago, Illinois.
© https://www.flickr.com/photos/solarwind-chicago/ · CC BY 2.0Trump International Hotel and Tower
The Trump International Hotel and Tower, or simply the Trump Tower, is a skyscraper condo-hotel in the Near North Side community area in downtown Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Aon Center
The Aon Center (200 East Randolph Street, formerly Amoco Building) is a modern supertall skyscraper located in the Northeast corner of the Chicago Loop, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

Millennium Park
Millennium Park is a public park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois, United States, operated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events (DCASE).
© Sea Cow · CC BY-SA 4.0Field Museum of Natural History
The Field Museum of Natural History (FMNH; also known as the Field Museum) is a private–public natural history museum in Chicago, Illinois, and is one of the largest such museums in the world.
© zooey from Chicago, Illinois USA · CC BY 2.0Kenneth C. Griffin Museum of Science and Industry
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry (MSI; formerly Museum of Science and Industry) is a private, non-profit science museum located in Jackson Park, the Hyde Park neighborhood, Chicago, Illinois.
© The original uploader was Salsb at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.5Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia & North Africa
The Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, West Asia and North Africa (ISAC), formerly known as the Oriental Institute (OI), is a research institute and museum of the University of Chicago, located in Hyde Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States.
© Adler Planetarium · CC BY-SA 3.0Adler Planetarium
The Adler Planetarium is a municipal public museum for astronomy in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is operated by the Chicago Park District, a municipal government agency of the City of Chicago.
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Barack Obama Presidential Center
The Barack Obama Presidential Center is a museum, library, and education project in Chicago to commemorate the presidency of Barack Obama, the 44th president of the United States.
© Joe Ravi · CC BY-SA 3.0South Side
The South Side is one of the three major geographical "sides" of the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
© Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY-SA 4.0Mosque Maryam
Mosque Maryam, also known as Muhammad Mosque #2 or Temple #2, is the headquarters of the Nation of Islam, located in Chicago, Illinois. It is at 7351 South Stony Island Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood.
Hull House
Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr.

Grant Park
Grant Park is a large urban park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois.
© TonyTheTiger at English Wikipedia (Original text: en:User:TonyTheTiger) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Magnificent Mile
The Magnificent Mile (sometimes locally abbreviated to the Mag Mile) is the approximately one-mile-long stretch of Michigan Avenue from the Chicago River to Oak Street on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois.
© Zol87 from Chicago, IL, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Chicago Water Tower
The Chicago Water Tower is a 182.5-foot (56 m) tall former water tower in Chicago, Illinois. Inside was a 138-foot (42 m) high standpipe, which housed a large water pump.

Buckingham Fountain
Buckingham Fountain is a Chicago Landmark in the center of Grant Park, between Queen's Landing and the end of Ida B. Wells Drive.
© IvoShandor · CC BY 2.5Unity Temple
Unity Temple is a Unitarian Universalist church building that houses the Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation at 875 Lake Street in Oak Park, Illinois, United States.

Fort Dearborn
Fort Dearborn was a United States fort, first built in 1803 beside the Chicago River, in what is now Chicago, Illinois. It was constructed by U.S.