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Chicago: Sites and Sights
The good thing about Chicago is that it has a lot of interesting, even historic buildings, public spaces, and art installations that it’s nice to walk along its streets and discover the bits and pieces that make this windy city a tourist favorite. It’s such beautiful city to explore that I did not mind the…
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Chicago: along Lake Michigan
Most of Chicago’s attractions that I already blogged about e.g. Navy Pier, Shedd Aquarium, Adler Planetarium, etc. overlook Lake Michigan so I had a lot of photos taken of its scenes. Looking out the bay, I was amazed at how blue the waters were since before this trip, the lakes that I’ve been to did…
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Chicago: Buckingham Fountain
Officially named the Clarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain, this Chicago landmark was dedicated in 1927 and is one of the largest fountains in the world. Built in a rococo wedding cake style, it was meant to allegorically represent Lake Michigan. It was summer when I was in Chicago so the city, especially its popular attractions like…
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Chicago: Millennium Park
This public park was originally intended to usher in the millennium, but did not open until July 2004, four years behind schedule. This was the first tourist attraction I visited when I was in Chicago and being at it made me yearn for a similar space here in my home country. I loved how such…
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Chicago: Field Museum
Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History is one of the largest natural history museums in the world. It boasts of an extensive scientific specimen and artifact collections and diverse and high quality permanent exhibitions. I visited this after I explored Adler Planetarium (these two and Shedd Aquarium are Chicago’s Museum Campus’ famous attractions). Once inside,…
Thoughts, Tales, and Whatnot 