shedd aquarium: I will be in Chicago to attend a seminar this weekend. I'll arrive on Thursday evening and will have Friday to explore. I've been there before, seen the Sears Tower, the Shedd Aquarium, and the Museum of Science & Industry. That probably indicates the sorts of things I find interesting. I'll be staying in Oak Brook, but have a car (and, of course, there is public transport). Suggestions for what to see and do this Friday? Thanks.|||if you are lucky try to make it to shaumburg for midieval times. it is the place they went on the cable guy were they are knights and have jousting. or if you want to stay in chicago see the metropolitan art museum. i could stay there for a full day.|||Never been , but I heard the "Navy Yard" is good, shopping and stuff i think have fun!!|||My favorite place in Chicago is the museum of natural history! It's a wonderful learning & entertaining place. The art museum is amazing too, and the aquarium is down in that same area - might as well stop in! Have fun - it's an excellent city to visit, in the right season!|||Art Museum on Michigan Ave. Adler Planetarium on Lake front Drive John Hancock Bldg. Radio/Television Museum[which I believe is still @ Columbia College] @ night IF weather decent Navy Pier|||Sears Tower Hancock building Navy Pier Shedd Aquarium|||You have one day- TAKE THE DOUBLE- DECKER BUS TOUR. There is a double-decker bus tour that operates Spring through mid autumn, and in about a 3 hour ride, it will take you to ALL the major hot points of the city. Get FABULOUS photo opportunities (from the top deck), and get to see what you want to go back and spend more time doing once the tour is over. (And the stay-on-the-bus-tour is only about $22.) You can also buy the pass that lets you get off and on all day- but that will not be worth the cost if you have just one day. I live here, and the guides give you so much juicy info, are comical,a nd really know their stuff. This is the best way to experience Chicago in a one-day- tour!|||I know it sounds stupid but go check out the stockyards. It opened in 1865 and it is about to be completely closed and moved out of Chicago. Believe it or not it was a major contributor to the settling of the west. Back in the day it moved over 13 million head of livestock a year. Its quite a sight.