Burbank Things to Do

View the city through 57th Street Art Fair's artists' eyes. In Hyde Park during the sunny, mild days of early June you can experience the city's largest collection of original works by local artists. Free to all, this exhibit h... more

Home to over 24,382 sea creatures and 5 million gallons of water, the Shedd Aquarium is one of the largest in the world. Visit dolphins, whales and otters in the Oceanarium, anacondas and piranhas at Amazon Rising, and see shar... more

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The Cadillac Club at Soldier Field is for the privileged few who can afford the tickets. Watch the various sporting events here in absolute luxury. This stylish, three-tiered private seating area is located on the east side of... more

So called because this stretch of Dearborn once housed a variety of publishing houses, Printer's Row is now a collection of shops, restaurants and finely restored buildings. This is a pleasant place for a stroll, as the turn-of... more

This 102-foot long masterpiece created by Lorado Taft took 14 years to create and was finally dedicated in 1922 to mark 100 years of peace between the United States and England. The massive stone fountain, designed with a refle... more

Following the lead of architects Burnham and Root, Holabird and Roche erected this masterful skyscraper at the corner of Dearborn and Van Buren Streets. The facade is a deep, almost black color and gorgeous scrollwork adorns th... more

Midway Plaisance is an 80-acre strip which connected the Jackson and Washington Park exhibits during the Columbian World Exhibition of 1893. It was the first self-contained entertainment district in the city; it was so successf... more

This statue by Ludovico de Luigi replicates a similar statue that once stood in front of St. Mark's Basilica on the Piazza San Marco in Venice. In the copy, de Luigi's nine-foot horses are captured in mid-stride with their powe... more

Debate still rages over whether this was the first skyscraper ever built. To Chicagoans, there is no question. The technology of 1891 prevented the 16-story building from going any higher, for the steel frame had yet to be inve... more