Chicago Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

Chicago Vacation Travel Guide | Expedia

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3 Popular Attractions In Illinois

  • Morton Arboretum: Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois.
    • Navy Pier: Museum and entertainment district in Chicago, Illinois.

    Pennsylvania Facts:

    • Des Plaines is home to the first McDonald’s.
    • The first birth on record in Chicago was of Eulalia Pointe du Sable, daughter of Jean-Baptiste Pointe du Sable and his Potawatomi Indian wife in 1796.
    • Indulge in local fare at The Taste of Chicago
    • In 1871 as The Great Chicago Fire raced through the city, William Rand and Andrew McNally rescued two ticket printing machines by burying them in the sand. Three days later, they had the machines up and running in a rented space.

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    Geography 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
    Albany Park 833 730 516 375 295 328 309 381 437 413 446 517 478 450 408 412 593
    Archer Heights 188 154 91 66 88 100 99 91 133 125 106 112 98 101 99 78 118
    Armour Square 172 131 104 148 93 57 50 70 53 85 83 103 102 104 77 51 114
    Ashburn 1,009 782 480 319 396 417 409 471 559 543 514 587 627 571 477 376 570
    Auburn Gresham 876 807 560 385 440 412 349 378 423 463 471 568 633 684 673 558 656
    Austin 1,764 1,526 859 570 802 756 543 613 738 685 672 804 917 976 952 664 912
    Avalon Park 244 231 144 107 111 91 80 82 107 138 104 175 207 212 177 153 187
    Avondale 587 506 571 271 260 302 325 380 400 381 442 498 480 483 402 384 496
    Belmont Cragin 1,118 992 477 303 501 594 620 666 719 594 609 608 616 555 484 367 571
    Beverly 397 302 237 192 166 167 188 205 262 236 249 276 329 278 319 291 389
    Bridgeport 425 454 395 208 203 183 206 223 249 291 285 332 374 341 323 258 413
    Brighton Park 574 408 224 174 193 262 236 249 264 250 239 252 242 260 238 151 258
    Burnside 95 92 50 37 48 41 24 24 35 40 39 45 40 51 45 41 40
    Calumet Heights 277 298 173 129 112 123 105 125 137 141 171 183 219 212 185 166 200
    Chatham 534 585 398 248 260 264 225 282 311 305 317 378 445 377 413 374 505
    Chicago Lawn 1,178 910 505 407 563 537 493 451 476 480 477 512 551 561 480 373 511
    Clearing 605 438 317 167 214 215 198 284 382 309 321 359 381 397 352 305 445
    Douglas 185 234 198 89 86 95 72 127 111 102 125 114 134 130 157 116 151
    Dunning 1,034 741 448 309 428 500 424 524 670 579 580 658 676 631 649 630 773
    East Garfield Park 419 418 310 184 228 197 185 168 205 166 157 182 185 190 200 147 191
    East Side 367 304 180 125 103 116 109 128 162 151 139 179 187 206 193 175 226
    Edgewater 1,531 1,268 1,167 694 652 624 532 757 873 843 888 980 1,009 1,291 996 835 1,273
    Edison Park 290 231 154 112 112 115 128 137 196 181 205 215 199 211 218 236 271
    Englewood 1,072 857 614 448 511 470 337 294 274 215 246 236 317 318 324 261 367
    Forest Glen 330 283 248 191 163 192 185 238 317 256 302 293 286 276 269 280 328
    Fuller Park 103 86 52 38 43 26 35 15 24 26 24 22 30 32 31 26 31
    Gage Park 582 408 194 127 241 249 196 233 243 242 236 193 180 213 201 147 204
    Garfield Ridge 791 566 406 288 299 294 295 381 452 413 433 492 519 546 508 440 622
    Grand Boulevard 592 715 538 320 233 289 233 273 333 278 260 318 333 305 303 237 305
    Greater Grand Crossing 744 711 454 302 345 326 256 255 298 334 310 373 374 489 383 384 469
    Hegewisch 186 144 110 59 57 79 59 69 66 104 94 125 116 115 139 91 164
    Hermosa 315 255 133 90 163 184 162 147 193 159 166 163 159 164 148 128 139
    Humboldt Park 1,042 921 564 344 475 461 420 403 473 447 432 477 471 469 406 397 437
    Hyde Park 410 385 398 224 195 140 160 198 248 217 291 313 332 307 300 269 361
    Irving Park 1,207 1,044 783 446 469 470 422 557 746 657 677 826 823 706 760 668 913
    Jefferson Park 508 426 328 181 217 212 217 307 354 321 343 398 417 382 359 370 476
    Kenwood 319 261 293 143 131 144 117 153 206 170 182 211 226 222 188 172 263
    Lake View 3,856 3,321 2,972 2,208 1,472 1,494 1,383 1,869 2,411 2,298 2,399 2,522 2,831 2,530 2,158 2,053 3,320
    Lincoln Park 2,641 2,087 2,046 1,287 950 1,054 960 1,387 1,762 1,732 1,730 1,934 1,859 1,849 1,534 1,423 2,345
    Lincoln Square 857 876 860 611 416 410 424 493 593 536 594 606 734 636 540 499 779
    Logan Square 1,828 1,608 1,327 849 690 676 698 861 1,154 1,105 1,162 1,231 1,316 1,128 1,153 1,078 1,590
    Loop 2,004 1,506 1,753 1,427 798 725 721 969 949 876 889 986 966 1,179 949 545 1,320
    Lower West Side 228 270 213 116 115 99 113 131 188 210 197 233 261 227 235 174 254
    McKinley Park 291 179 147 89 79 94 88 85 114 106 106 129 125 127 127 85 167
    Montclare 254 240 123 84 115 122 124 142 180 146 165 143 163 165 140 115 175
    Morgan Park 521 444 339 247 213 211 164 155 230 220 269 292 324 366 370 300 388
    Mount Greenwood 331 314 257 154 154 150 146 147 227 239 236 301 292 295 291 294 365
    Near North Side 5,764 5,070 4,312 3,278 2,257 2,202 2,124 2,659 3,028 2,817 2,889 2,981 3,014 3,068 2,737 2,334 3,315
    Near South Side 1,455 1,891 1,508 1,438 730 575 462 676 880 848 891 994 968 854 752 606 1,018
    Near West Side 2,279 2,977 2,306 1,315 1,079 916 810 1,018 1,341 1,213 1,298 1,301 1,400 1,254 1,246 1,050 1,701
    New City 1,027 982 523 326 502 416 294 272 314 297 279 323 335 326 330 219 400
    North Center 1,078 1,001 984 715 515 579 526 609 851 768 809 859 812 778 693 689 973
    North Lawndale 810 625 458 282 312 281 240 245 248 221 232 263 323 318 326 269 372
    North Park 303 220 167 108 126 119 127 150 168 161 201 185 182 180 158 161 188
    Norwood Park 707 605 455 321 360 330 360 451 570 543 548 585 659 579 584 624 772
    Oakland 95 160 95 53 64 28 42 53 54 47 56 44 37 42 44 42 54
    O'Hare 375 354 227 92 112 136 145 158 187 135 144 190 205 177 148 156 188
    Portage Park 1,061 905 585 408 455 491 517 623 753 717 690 800 798 777 713 698 929
    Pullman 167 124 116 58 75 44 43 48 63 80 79 64 82 98 112 61 81
    Riverdale 39 32 25 13 10 11 10 11 9 13 10 14 11 10 18 10 18
    Rogers Park 1,435 1,170 967 566 460 455 445 534 600 541 518 624 701 631 686 553 820
    Roseland 1,096 983 643 495 467 396 271 301 430 376 363 466 541 669 610 496 690
    South Chicago 691 633 325 260 311 286 241 228 299 260 278 292 308 354 384 288 422
    South Deering 271 276 158 127 108 105 53 91 82 88 134 146 159 165 151 113 204
    South Lawndale 561 449 241 142 198 246 205 242 267 223 204 258 291 298 295 167 275
    South Shore 915 824 610 356 359 364 317 354 462 469 428 484 486 566 471 466 462
    Uptown 1,643 1,426 1,302 954 681 507 455 648 884 868 877 1,100 1,315 1,137 1,042 834 1,306
    Washington Heights 502 515 371 243 273 265 241 251 306 299 321 388 467 479 496 379 414
    Washington Park 323 333 212 154 99 110 116 114 113 117 99 95 110 116 103 80 92
    West Elsdon 357 276 181 100 141 146 142 170 189 184 154 194 155 153 158 125 157
    West Englewood 1,327 1,045 720 544 583 530 336 254 362 254 278 277 393 411 417 316 494
    West Garfield Park 405 359 198 178 207 183 138 129 133 126 97 158 155 203 198 129 181
    West Lawn 768 491 304 195 262 309 316 365 413 346 357 341 339 301 297 219 297
    West Pullman 945 726 558 337 378 352 202 244 352 285 276 308 379 447 433 333 506
    West Ridge 1,377 1,388 1,144 604 601 721 716 820 912 768 714 791 817 719 719 574 929
    West Town 2,852 2,394 2,243 1,479 1,066 1,042 989 1,414 1,846 1,835 2,032 2,006 2,073 1,788 1,831 1,707 2,529
    Woodlawn 719 649 537 322 373 298 248 237 275 296 271 320 319 342 318 271 364
    Chicago Total 67,061 59,332 46,185 31,355 28,062 27,510 24,955 29,947 36,328 34,003 34,909 38,305 40,417 39,558 36,803 31,546 45,796

    Geography Trend High Low Avg
    Albany Park

    2005
    2021
    		 833 295 465
    Archer Heights

    2005
    2021
    		 188 66 108
    Armour Square

    2005
    2021
    		 172 50 93
    Ashburn

    2005
    2021
    		 1,009 319 535
    Auburn Gresham

    2005
    2021
    		 876 349 549
    Austin

    2005
    2021
    		 1,764 543 867
    Avalon Park

    2005
    2021
    		 244 80 150
    Avondale

    2005
    2021
    		 587 260 421
    Belmont Cragin

    2005
    2021
    		 1,118 303 611
    Beverly

    2005
    2021
    		 397 166 263
    Bridgeport

    2005
    2021
    		 454 183 303
    Brighton Park

    2005
    2021
    		 574 151 263
    Burnside

    2005
    2021
    		 95 24 46
    Calumet Heights

    2005
    2021
    		 298 105 173
    Chatham

    2005
    2021
    		 585 225 365
    Chicago Lawn

    2005
    2021
    		 1,178 373 556
    Clearing

    2005
    2021
    		 605 167 334
    Douglas

    2005
    2021
    		 234 72 130
    Dunning

    2005
    2021
    		 1,034 309 603
    East Garfield Park

    2005
    2021
    		 419 147 219
    East Side

    2005
    2021
    		 367 103 179
    Edgewater

    2005
    2021
    		 1,531 532 953
    Edison Park

    2005
    2021
    		 290 112 188
    Englewood

    2005
    2021
    		 1,072 215 421
    Forest Glen

    2005
    2021
    		 330 163 261
    Fuller Park

    2005
    2021
    		 103 15 37
    Gage Park

    2005
    2021
    		 582 127 240
    Garfield Ridge

    2005
    2021
    		 791 288 455
    Grand Boulevard

    2005
    2021
    		 715 233 345
    Greater Grand Crossing

    2005
    2021
    		 744 255 400
    Hegewisch

    2005
    2021
    		 186 57 104
    Hermosa

    2005
    2021
    		 315 90 168
    Humboldt Park

    2005
    2021
    		 1,042 344 508
    Hyde Park

    2005
    2021
    		 410 140 279
    Irving Park

    2005
    2021
    		 1,207 422 716
    Jefferson Park

    2005
    2021
    		 508 181 342
    Kenwood

    2005
    2021
    		 319 117 200
    Lake View

    2005
    2021
    		 3,856 1,383 2,417
    Lincoln Park

    2005
    2021
    		 2,641 950 1,681
    Lincoln Square

    2005
    2021
    		 876 410 615
    Logan Square

    2005
    2021
    		 1,828 676 1,144
    Loop

    2005
    2021
    		 2,004 545 1,091
    Lower West Side

    2005
    2021
    		 270 99 192
    McKinley Park

    2005
    2021
    		 291 79 125
    Montclare

    2005
    2021
    		 254 84 152
    Morgan Park

    2005
    2021
    		 521 155 297
    Mount Greenwood

    2005
    2021
    		 365 146 246
    Near North Side

    2005
    2021
    		 5,764 2,124 3,167
    Near South Side

    2005
    2021
    		 1,891 462 973
    Near West Side

    2005
    2021
    		 2,977 810 1,441
    New City

    2005
    2021
    		 1,027 219 421
    North Center

    2005
    2021
    		 1,078 515 778
    North Lawndale

    2005
    2021
    		 810 221 342
    North Park

    2005
    2021
    		 303 108 170
    Norwood Park

    2005
    2021
    		 772 321 532
    Oakland

    2005
    2021
    		 160 28 59
    O'Hare

    2005
    2021
    		 375 92 184
    Portage Park

    2005
    2021
    		 1,061 408 701
    Pullman

    2005
    2021
    		 167 43 82
    Riverdale

    2005
    2021
    		 39 9 15
    Rogers Park

    2005
    2021
    		 1,435 445 688
    Roseland

    2005
    2021
    		 1,096 271 546
    South Chicago

    2005
    2021
    		 691 228 344
    South Deering

    2005
    2021
    		 276 53 143
    South Lawndale

    2005
    2021
    		 561 142 268
    South Shore

    2005
    2021
    		 915 317 493
    Uptown

    2005
    2021
    		 1,643 455 998
    Washington Heights

    2005
    2021
    		 515 241 365
    Washington Park

    2005
    2021
    		 333 80 140
    West Elsdon

    2005
    2021
    		 357 100 175
    West Englewood

    2005
    2021
    		 1,327 254 502
    West Garfield Park

    2005
    2021
    		 405 97 186
    West Lawn

    2005
    2021
    		 768 195 348
    West Pullman

    2005
    2021
    		 945 202 415
    West Ridge

    2005
    2021
    		 1,388 574 842
    West Town

    2005
    2021
    		 2,852 989 1,830
    Woodlawn

    2005
    2021
    		 719 237 362
    Chicago Total

    2005
    2021
    		 67,061 24,955 38,357

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    Chicago – From humble beginnings, this city has bloomed into one of the USA’s frontrunners. Check out the top sights in Chicago and start planning a trip!

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    #Chicago, once a small trading post on Lake Michigan, has grown into a true global city. Visit “The Windy City” and chow down on deep dish pizza for a truly unique #vacation experience.

    Follow “The Loop,” the city’s primary business district, and marvel at its array of high-rise buildings, consulates, and universities. Shopping and fine dining abound in this area. Set a more sedate pace at the Riverwalk, a pedestrian path along the Chicago River, or #visit the many museums and parks the city has to offer. You’ll never believe you’re actually downtown when you walk through the Garfield Park Conservatory, and the Art Institute of Chicago will allow you to appreciate creative works from around the world.

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    0:00 – Chicago
    0:55 – The Loop
    1:13 – Willis Tower
    1:43 – Magnificent Mile
    1:53 – Old Water Tower
    2:17 – The Riverwalk
    2:30 – Millennium Park
    3:04 – The Art Institute of Chicago
    3:22 – Garfield Park Conservatory
    3:40 – Frank Lloyd Wright’s home and studio
    3:51 – Unity Temple
    4:02 – Birthplace home of Ernest Hemingway
    4:18 – Navy Pier
    4:29 – The Field Museum
    4:54 – Museum of Science and Industry
    5:16 – Lincoln Park
    5:36 – Lincoln Park Zoo
    5:51 – Chicago History Museum

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    2. I watched this video because I wanted to know what my friend loved so much about Chicago now I understand why she’s moving away I mean she lived their almost her whole life I’ll miss her 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    5. Great informative video with beautiful footage. A really enjoyable travel guide to watch. I'm currently in Chicago about to start Route 66 and this really is a fantastic city with lots to do and see. Love it 😊

    6. Going to Chicago for the first time in July. So excited! The food, Architecture, music and seeing the Red Sox play at a Wrigley Field? Priceless!

    8. After 3 months, I will be visiting Chicago a lot of times for next 5 years. Coming from Istanbul, I am familiar with big cities but still really excited what this beautiful city can offer! Cheers to future good moments 🙂

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