If you want a casino on the water this may be the place for you. BUT it is not in Chicago. Or even Illinois for that matter. It is in East Chicago Indiana. Do not take a taxi to get here it will cost...

This white, terra-cotta landmark was built in 1922 as headquarters for the Wrigley chewing gum company.

Chicago's historic Water Tower has been transformed into the city's official photo gallery.

The oldest ethnic museum in America also has one of the largest collections of Polish artifacts and archives outside of Poland.

This elaborate and ornate chapel at the University of Chicago - the university to which John D. Rockefeller donated over $35 million - was designed by Bertram Goodhue.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications (MBC) is one of only three broadcast museums in America and home to the nation’s only Radio Hall of Fame. The Museum will re-open in its new 70,000-square-foot facility on State and Kinzie Streets in 2006.

This museum includes exhibits on Lithuanian history and culture as well as the largest Lithuanian research center outside of Lithuania.

A museum dedicated to the settlement house founded by Jane Addams.

A branch of the International College of Surgeons that is dedicated to portraying the art and science of surgery.

The Loyola University Museum of Art is dedicated to the exploration, promotion and understanding of art and artistic expression and attempts to illuminate the enduring spiritual questions and...

Street popular with tourists looking for the "real" Chicago.

A place for kids to discover science and nature while having fun.

A Chicago institution for more than a century, the Conservatory's Main Garden blooms with more than 40,000 annuals.

Located at the south end of the Lincoln Park Zoo, this historic restaurant re-opened in 1990 after $4 million in restorations.

The two-building block represents old-style masonry and new-fangled steel framing.

This neighborhood, located south of the downtown area, is best known for being the home to the University of Chicago.

Irish brogues abound at this barnlike gathering place for indie-rock, folk-pop, and other hard-to-classify acts. It's tucked away in a residential neighborhood -- far from the usual tourist haunts -- so you're pretty much guaranteed to be surrounded by locals. Besides Guinness and other Emerald Isle beers on tap, there's a full menu. Traditional Irish music sessions are held Sundays.

Number one on Chicago's reggae charts is the Wild Hare, in the shadow of Wrigley Field. Grab a Red Stripe and dance to bands from Jamaica and elsewhere, including Burning Spear, the Wailers, Shabba Ranks, and Yellowman.

Simply put, Vision is currently Chicago's crown jewel of nightclubs; and its only world-class venue. Blending the elemental forces of fire and water (torches, waterfalls) with visionary eye candy (lights, lasers, special effects) over a one-of-a-kind 3 room nine-level design.

Its Dance Center -- the hub of Chicago's modern dance milieu -- features an intimate "black box" 275-seat performance space with stadium seating and marvelous sight lines.

Arie Crown Theatre is attached to McCormick Place, a large (and growing) convention complex near Chicago's lakefront.  Originally Arie Crown Theatre was utilized for the showing of touring Broadway...