Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #14 in Chicago, United States

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Number of sights 11 sights
Distance 5 km
Ascend 82 m
Descend 87 m

Experience Chicago in United States in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in ChicagoIndividual Sights in Chicago

Sight 1: Café Brauer (South Pond Refectory)

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South Pond is a lake northeast of Big Moose, New York. The outlet creek flows into Twitchell Creek. Fish species present in the lake are brown trout, brook trout, and lake trout. There is trail access on the south shore. No motors are allowed on this lake.

Wikipedia: South Pond (EN)

453 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Ulysses S. Grant Monument

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The Ulysses S. Grant Monument is a presidential memorial in Chicago, honoring American Civil War general and 18th president of the United States, Ulysses S. Grant. Located in Lincoln Park, the statue was commissioned shortly after the president's death in 1885 and was completed in 1891. Several artists submitted sketches, and Louis Rebisso was selected to design the statue, with a granite pedestal suggested by William Le Baron Jenney. At the time of its completion, the monument was the largest bronze statue cast in the United States, and over 250,000 people were present at the dedication of the monument.

Wikipedia: Ulysses S. Grant Monument (EN), Website

485 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Benjamin Franklin

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A statue of Benjamin Franklin, known as the Benjamin Franklin Monument, is installed in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois. Designed by Richard Henry Park, the work was created in 1895, installed in 1896, and relocated in 1966.

Wikipedia: Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Chicago) (EN), Website

198 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Robert Cavalier de LaSalle

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A statue of René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle is installed in Chicago's Lincoln Park, in the U.S. state of Illinois. The work by Count Jacques de la Laing was completed in 1889 and relocated in 1990.

Wikipedia: Statue of Robert Cavelier de La Salle (EN)

195 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Chicago History Museum

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Chicago History Museum is the museum of the Chicago Historical Society (CHS). The CHS was founded in 1856 to study and interpret Chicago's history. The museum has been located in Lincoln Park since the 1930s at 1601 North Clark Street at the intersection of North Avenue in the Old Town Triangle neighborhood, where the museum has been expanded several times. Long known as the CHS, the society adopted the name, Chicago History Museum, in September 2006 for its public presence.

Wikipedia: Chicago History Museum (EN)

290 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Abraham Lincoln: The Man

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Abraham Lincoln: The Man is a larger-than-life size 12-foot (3.7 m) bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. The original statue is in Lincoln Park in Chicago, and later re-castings of the statue have been given as diplomatic gifts from the United States to the United Kingdom, and to Mexico.

Wikipedia: Abraham Lincoln: The Man (EN)

518 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: International Museum of Surgical Science

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The International Museum of Surgical Science is a museum located in the Gold Coast neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. It is operated by The International College of Surgeons and features exhibits dealing with various aspects of Eastern and Western medicine. It was founded by Dr. Max Thorek in 1954. The museum's exhibits are displayed by theme or surgical discipline. Displays include photographs, paintings and drawings, sculpture, medical equipment, skeletons, medical specimens and historic artifacts. The library contains more than 5,000 rare medical texts.

Wikipedia: International Museum of Surgical Science (EN), Website

800 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 8: The Second City

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256 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Hery Gerber House

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The Henry Gerber House is located on North Crilly Court in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is a single-family brick row house built in 1885 in the Queen Anne style, mostly intact from that time. In the 1920s it housed the apartment occupied by German-born Henry Gerber, founder of the short-lived Society for Human Rights, which was incorporated in Illinois as the first American organization working for gay rights. Inspired by nascent gay-rights organizations he had seen in Germany, Gerber held meetings here and published newsletters, the first known gay civil rights periodicals in the country, for a year until the Chicago police raided the house in 1925.

Wikipedia: Henry Gerber House (EN), Website

524 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Saint Michael Roman Catholic Church

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St. Michael's Church in the Old Town neighborhood of Chicago is a Catholic church staffed by the Redemptorist order of priests.

Wikipedia: St. Michael's Church, Old Town, Chicago (EN)

1315 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 11: iO Theater

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iO, or iO Chicago, is an improv theater and training center in central Chicago, with a former branch in Los Angeles, called iO West and in Raleigh, North Carolina called iO South. The theater taught and hosted performances of improvisational comedy. It was founded in 1981 by Del Close and Charna Halpern. The theater has many notable alumni, including Amy Poehler and Stephen Colbert.

Wikipedia: IO Theater (EN)

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