shedd aquarium: I love in the city and everything has become very commonplace to me. I have a friend visiting from Charlotte. I'm thinking: Michigan Ave Museum of Sci and Industry Shedd Aquarium Willis (Sears) Tower Skydeck or John Hancock Observatory Adler Planetarium Field Museum Millenium Park Wrigley Field Soldier Field Any other suggestions? Best advice / must thorough submission will be chosen as best answer.|||Buckingham Fountain The fountain operates from approximately April 1 to November 1 each year and runs from 10:00 am to 11:00 pm each day. Every hour on the hour for 20 minutes the fountain produces a major water display and the center jet shoots 150 feet into the air. Congress Parkway & Columbus Drive Chicago, IL 60605 Phone: (312) 747-2474 http://www.chicagotraveler.com/attractio鈥?/a> Chicago Cultural Center 78 E. Washington Street Chicago, IL 60602 Phone: (312) 744-6630 Gaze at the world's largest Tiffany stained-glass dome, as well as beautifully ornate multi-colored mosaics, marble and molding during guided architectural tours of the Chicago Cultural Center. Tours are presented Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 1:15pm. Tours meet in the Randolph Street lobby. The group will be limited to the first twenty people. To schedule tours for groups of ten or more at other times, call 312-744-6630. Navy Pier 600 E. Grand Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 Phone: (312) 595-PIER Union Station 222 S. Canal Street Chicago, IL 60606 Chicago architectural tour (Don't miss it) Wendella Boats, At the Wrigley Building 376 N Michigan Ave Chicago, IL 60601-3807 10:00 AM, 11:00 AM, 12:30 PM, 1:45 PM, 3:45 PM, 5:15 PM Millenium Park (Don't miss it) Millennium Park is located in the heart of downtown Chicago. It is bordered by Michigan Avenue to the west, Columbus Drive to the east, Randolph Street to the North and Monroe Street to the South. The park is open daily from 6am - 11pm. Admission is always free. Visitors to the Millennium Park are encouraged to make the Millennium Park Welcome Center their first stop. The Welcome Center is located at 201 E. Randolph Street in the Northwest Exelon Pavilion. http://www.millenniumpark.org/artandarch鈥?/a> Sears Tower North America's tallest tower.|||There's a hot dog stand "Felony Franks" where all the employees are ex-cons. Navy Pier. Museum of Contemporary Art. Wicker Park.|||Navy Pier is pretty nice. I had to stand in the sun for 4 hours to dedicate the reopening of that thing. I sure as hell want people to enjoy it.|||that one hot dog stand where the black people yell at you. oh and ben and jerrys. and the underground rainbow thingy at the airport.|||Holly was wrong in telling you that the Adler Planetarium is free. It costs $25 for adults, and $21 for youths 3-17.|||1. The Bean/ face fountains at Millenium Park. Those are so weird and unique, and they're still cool to me even though I've seen it a thousand times. 2. What about the Art Institute!?? It's one of my favorite things, and you can stare at the Seurat painting just like Cameron did in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off" 3. Adler Planetarium for sure, especially since it's free 4. I would pick the Shedd, and the Field Museum over MSI, just because of Sue. 5. Definitely Willis/Sears Tower, it's expensive but cool. If you want a workout, you can have a contest to see who can climb the stairs the highest. 6. The MCA (museum of contemporary art) is really cool and free for everyone on Tuesdays. 7. Lunch or dinner at the Grand Luxe Cafe 8. Tea at the Ritz--my mom and I went there once as a special treat, it was one of the most beautiful places I've ever been in my life. 9. For shopping, Bloomingdale's and Akira in Water Tower Place 10. Walk or bike along the Lakefront bike path or just chill on Oak Street Beach 12. Lincoln Park Zoo!!! It's free and who doesn't love the zoo? In the winter they do this "Zoo Lights" thing where they put Christmas lights all over the zoo and you walk around at night...it's really cool 13. Wrigley Field is ok if you actually like baseball, but it's basically just a giant bar with ivy growing on it. Soldier Field is cool no matter what though just because it's so humongous 14. Go see a Second City or Comedysportz show!