Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. It is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States. Chicago was incorporated as a town in 1833, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. Today, the city retains its status as a major hub for industry, telecommunications and infrastructure.

The city is a center for services, business and finance and is listed as one of the world's top ten Global Financial Centers. The city's notoriety expressed in popular culture is found in novels, plays, movies, songs and the news media.

Chicago offers upscale shopping along the Magnificent Mile and State Street, thousands of restaurants and eminent architecture to attract the tourists from all over the world. The city is the United States third-largest convention destination. Most conventions are held at McCormick Place, just south of Soldier Field. The historic Chicago Cultural Center, originally serving as the Chicago Public Library, the ceiling of its Preston Bradley Hall includes a 38 ft (12 m) Tiffany glass dome, grant Park, Buckingham Fountain and the Art Institute of Chicago are the hot tourist destinations of Chicago.

• Sears Tower
• Navy Pier
• Millennium Park
• Field Museum of Natural History
• Magnificent Mile
• Gino's East
• Wrigley Field
• Lincoln Park
• Harpo Studios