Marina City

No tours available, unless you're cheeky enough to fill out a fake rental application (24 hours in advance), but these iconic twin buildings are worth a photo. (You might recognize them from the cover of Wilcos Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, among many others.) Designed to be "a city within a city," they include a wildly overpriced bowling alley and the House of Blues (see Drink below). If you like Marina City, be sure to visit the South Loop for two more of architect Bertrand Goldbergs corncob structures.

• history
• outdoors

Address

300 N State St

Getting there

Merchandise Mart Brown Line

Hours

Mon-Fri 9AM-5PM, Sat 10AM-2PM

Phone

+13125274460

Website

marina-city.com (opens in a new tab)