Chicago (Chicago); Oak Park (Oak Park)

Chicago, the third-largest city in the United States, is in the state of Illinois on the shore of Lake Michigan. After the great fire of 1871, which destroyed much of the city, Chicago was rebuilt with steel-framed buildings and became the birthplace of the skyscraper. The downtown, the Loop, ringed by elevated train tracks, brings together buildings from different eras, from the Chicago School of the late 19th century to glass towers, and the boat tour on the Chicago River is the best-known way to see them.

Along the lake, a continuous stretch of parks and beaches lines the city. Millennium Park, with the Cloud Gate sculpture and Frank Gehry’s pavilion, sits next to the Art Institute, one of the country’s major art museums. Further south, the Museum Campus groups the Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium, and Navy Pier extends out over the lake with its Ferris wheel.

In the Hyde Park neighborhood, the Robie House, and in the suburb of Oak Park, the Unity Temple are Frank Lloyd Wright works inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. Oak Park also preserves the house and studio where the architect worked in his early years and the largest collection of his houses in the world.

Chicago is also the city of the blues, of deep-dish pizza and of the hot dog served without ketchup, and a starting point of the historic Route 66.

This destination brings together 2 cities: Chicago, Oak Park.