Sweet Home Chicago

Sponsored by TravelStorysGPS

• Location: Illinois
• Travel Type: Walking
• Tour Duration: 1 hour
• Language:

About This Tour
On this tour, you’ll learn about Chicago’s rough-and-tumble beginnings as a fur-trading outpost, as well as some of its most harrowing disasters and joyful triumphs. You’ll see the towering buildings, fascinating sculptures, and beloved public spaces built by generations of Chicago laborers who brought to life the ingenious ideas of some of the world’s most influential designers.

As you explore this great city, the audio narration will connect its historic events to the landmarks before your eyes and beneath your feet (literally! You’ll walk on pavement embedded with metal that was once part of a fortress that existed before Chicago’s founding in 1833). You’ll also learn fun facts, like how Chicago got its name, what movies were filmed at the famous Chicago Board of Trade, and why a cow was unfairly blamed for the Great Fire of 1871.

Here are some other fascinating people and events featured in this tour:
●     Jean Baptiste Point du Sable, a French-speaking African immigrant who was the city’s first non-Native settler
●     The Fort Dearborn Massacre during the War of 1812
●     Retail genius Marshall Field
●     The disastrous sinking of the Eastland steamer
●     The trial that ended Al Capone's criminal career
●     The 1893 World’s Fair, made infamous by Erik Larson’s true crimes depiction of assassination and serial killings in his book The Devil in the White City

Tour Highlights Also Include:
●     Chicago Riverwalk
●     The Picasso at Daley Plaza
●     Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park
●     The easternmost terminus of Route 66
●     Cloud Gate (“The Bean”), Crown Fountain, and Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park
●     And much more!
 
Tour Sponsor
This tour is brought to you by TravelStorysGPS, a mission-driven company dedicated to connecting people to places.

Find More Tours Near You
If you are interested in more audio tours in the American Midwest, check out Minneapolis: A Walk in Loring Park, The Madison Pub Crawl: Beer, Brats, and Burgers!, Explore Kirksville: A Historic Downtown & More, and Ross Coastal Plain Marsh Preserve. (You can listen to most TravelStorys tours both on-site and remotely!) To find more tours wherever your travels take you, visit TravelStorys.com. Every place has a story.