Chicago Top Attractions for First-Time Visitors

Located in the Loop community area of Chicago, Millennium Park is a public park intended to celebrate the third millennium and a variety of public art. The park is a prominent civic center near the city's Lake Michigan shoreline that covers a 24.5-acre (99,000 m2) section of northwestern Grant Park. The park has received many awards for its accessibility and green design. Millennium Park has free ...

Cloud Gate is a public sculpture by Indian-born British artist Sir Anish Kapoor, that is the centerpiece of AT&T Plaza at Millennium Park in the Loop community area of Chicago, Illinois. The sculpture and AT&T Plaza are located on top of Park Grill, between the Chase Promenade and McCormick Tribune Plaza & Ice Rink. Constructed between 2004 and 2006, the sculpture is nicknamed The Bean because of ...

Crown Fountain is an interactive work of public art and video sculpture featured in Chicago's Millennium Park, which is located in the Loop community area. Designed by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa and executed by Krueck and Sexton Architects, it opened in July 2004. The fountain is composed of a black granite reflecting pool placed between a pair of glass brick towers. The towers are 50 feet (15.2 ...

Located on the 103rd floor of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower), Skydeck Chicago is the third tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. Offering spectacular views spanning up to four states, Skydeck experience also features the Ledge, a glass balcony extending four feet outside.