Garfield Park Conservatory
300 N Central Park Ave, East Garfield Park, Chicago, 60624, United States
Garfield Park Conservatory is one of the world's largest conservatories — two acres of tropical plants under glass in Chicago's West Side, free to enter, and visited by a fraction of the tourists who crowd into the Loop attractions a few miles east.
Lincoln Park Zoo
2001 Clark St, Whiting, 46394, United States
Lincoln Park Zoo has been free every day since 1868, making it one of the last free zoos in America and one of the oldest in the country.
Promontory Point
5491 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr, Kenwood, Chicago, 60637, United States
Promontory Point is a man-made peninsula in Burnham Park that juts into Lake Michigan from the Hyde Park shoreline, and it offers the best skyline panorama in Chicago — a sweeping view north to the Loop and south to the steel mills of Gary, Indiana, with nothing between you and the water but a set of limestone steps that descend directly into the lake.
Shedd Aquarium
1200 S DuSable Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605
The Shedd Aquarium sits on Lake Michigan's shore and houses 32,000 animals — which makes it one of the largest indoor aquariums in the world and creates the slightly surreal experience of watching beluga whales swim with the Chicago skyline visible through the windows behind them.
The 606 / Bloomingdale Trail
1805 N Ridgeway Ave, Logan Square, Chicago, 60647, United States
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