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Chicago is racially diverse. This offers fantastic opportunities for learning about other cultures, countries, and, of course, getting to sample their food! For the less adventurous, there are numerous restaurants offering ribs and steaks.
No visit to Chicago would be complete without a visit to Sears Tower, the tallest building in the US. Other attractions of note include a Blues Festival, as well as other annual and one-off events such as Hong Kong Film Festival, country music, and even gospel festivals. There are several large exhibition centers as well as permanent exhibitions such as the science and technology museum. This is located a fair way out of town, but you can easily spend all day there, so the trip is well worthwhile. Chicago also boasts several orchestras and theaters if performing arts are your passion.
A Little About Chicago
Chicago is located on the coast of Lake Michigan in the state of Illinois. It is the third-largest city in population in the United States following New York City and Los Angeles. It is the financial, transportation, and cultural capital of the American Midwest, having the nation's second largest financial center, second largest central business district, and third largest gross metropolitan product.
In addition to being a business and financial center, it is also a tourism magnet with world-renowned shopping, dining, museums, architecture, theater and music. "The Magnificent Mile" section of North Michigan Avenue has world-renowned boutiques and locally acclaimed designers, making it a shopper's paradise.
Chicago's skyline is famous in its own right. Known for its architecture, Chicago has long been connected with some of the field's most important names: Frank Lloyd Wright, Louis Sullivan, Mies van der Rohe, and Holabird & Root. Unlike Boston and Indianapolis with overhead walkways connecting hotels to convention centers to malls, Chicago connects its buildings underground.
The city has a temperate climate, typical of the U.S. Midwest, with hot summers and frigid winters, subject to extremes in both seasons (though Lake Michigan has a moderating effect close to shore).
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