what are some of the most interesting places to visit?

Answer 1

Italy, Greece, Hawaii, Australia, Thailand, Philippines......... (- -,)

Answer 2

Since you're asking this in the Chicago travel section, I'll assume that you mean "most interesting in Chicago". In which case, I'd say "it depends on what you're interested in".

If you're looking for local architecture, then I'm sorry to have to report that the vast bulk of what you're probably looking for fell to the wrecker's ball years ago. Even so, there are still places that retain some of their character, at least for now, especially the University neighborhoods for some reason.


If you MUST do the Loop (and really, the place is mostly globalized, homogenized and overrated), a stroll down LaSalle will take you past some interesting commercial architecture, for now. Come back north along Michigan, and you'll see some nice facades, passing the Fine Arts building, which is worth going inside.

A visit to Hyde Park, down near the University of Chicago, will give you a chance to see a distinctively Chicagoan neighborhood with some beautiful old homes, mainly to the East of Campus, to the West of the IC tracks, south of 52nd and keeping comfortably to the north of 63rd, because there are some adventures you don't need to have.

To the North, the Gold Coast, if badly mauled, is still worth wandering, especially in the early morning hours just as dawn approaches during summer. Somewhat nearby, one finds the Lincoln Neighborhood and the main DePaul campus. The latter, while hardly comparing to the U of C campus, is worth a look, but the real treasure is the neighborhood to the south of campus, especially when viewed during the summer.

Further north, Andersonville and Evanston (the first suburb to the North) offer some nice hiking.

If you're looking for art museums, the Art Institute is the clear leader in the area, especially since the closing of the Terra Museum of American Art.

Music? I haven't been clubbing for a while, but on Halstead, I've enjoyed listening to the blues at Kingston Mines and at B.L.U.E.S., but be forewarned that the latter is so crowded that one can barely move, is about the size of a 7-11, and has speakers on every table for no particularly good reason (or at least used to), so it can get earsplitting in there. But if you're looking for something that is going to scream "you're in Chicago", and you're brave enough to scoop hot buttered peanuts by hand out of a vending machine, that's the place.

Further north, the Green Mill has been good for jazz.


Lacking any specifics as to what you find interesting, we could be at this all day. At this point, this post is growing long and I've not even gotten to something as obvious as theatre yet, barely scraping the surface at all.

Eating: Greektown on Halstead, north of the Blue line, has some very nice places, and Chinatown, on the Red line, is bouncing back. Up along Milwaukee, maybe around Belmont, one finds oneself in the middle of a Polish neighborhood large enough to be a small city in its own right, with an extensive collection of restaurants. New Chinatown on Argyle (which would be better referred to as "Little Saigon") has seen much better days, but if you get a comfortable distance away from the El stop, maybe even turning the corner onto Sheridan, you should still be able to find some nice places for dinner.

More, much more as I haven't even wandered off the lakefront, yet, but I guess this will do for starters.

Answer 3

You could have a look around the City centre of Liverpool, which is full of art Galleries and Museums, visit the Beatles childhood homes and the Cavern club, two fabulous Cathedrals, take a trip on the river on a ferry then go to crosby beach and see Anthony Gormley's installation 'Another place'

Answer 4

The country of the United States of America

Answer 5

Do you mean in Chicago or anywhere? If you mean anywhere, I'd say the moon or the bottom of the ocean would be pretty interesting. But if you mean Chicago, maybe Milwaukee Avenue, Devon Avenue, the Garfield Park Conservatory, Lincoln Park Zoo in the summer, Sox Park or Wrigley Field.... so many places...

Answer 6

Get down town, near the Sears Tower. Look for the tour bus, and enjoy the ride, and the view. You can also take a tour by boat on the Chicago River.

Great guided tours!

Answer 7

Rush and Division area has a bunch bars in which drunk rich girls from the North Shore suburbs dance very suggestively in cages. I'm serious.

Answer 8

The zoo, museums like art and science, concerts like jazz and gospel, restaurants, sporting events like baseball games like the White Sox and the Cubs, football like Bears, and hockey like the Blackhawks.

Answer 9

I love visiting London...so much to see and do. Whether you like history, museums, architecture, shopping, restaurants, clubbing, theater,music, fashion.

Check out:

http://www.VisitLondon.com/

Answer 10

NY, Wash DC , China , Japan