Must-see attractions in The Great Lakes

  • Mergenthaler Lofts

    Chicago

    Built in 1886, the former headquarters for the legendary Linotype company has been converted into snazzy loft-style condo apartments.

  • Yoder's Amish Home

    Ohio

    Peek into a local home and one-room schoolhouse, and take a buggy ride through a field at this Amish farm that's open to visitors.

  • James Dean Gravesite

    Indiana

    You'll find James Dean's modest, often lipstick-stained gravestone in Park Cemetery on the outskirts of town.

  • Nelson Algren's House

    Wicker Park, Bucktown & Ukrainian Village

    On the 3rd floor of this apartment building writer Nelson Algren created some of his greatest works about life in the once down-and-out neighborhood. A…

  • St Valentine's Day Massacre Site

    Chicago

    At this infamous spot on February 14, 1929, Al Capone's henchmen, dressed as cops, lined up seven members of Bugs Moran's gang against the garage wall…

  • Hyde Park Hair Salon

    Chicago

    You can visit Barack Obama’s barber Zariff and the bulletproof-glass-encased presidential barber chair at the Hyde Park Hair Salon. Staff don't mind if…

  • World's Largest Six-Pack

    Wisconsin

    The 'cans' are actually storage tanks for City Brewery and hold enough beer to provide one person with a six-pack a day for 3351 years (or so the sign…

  • Greater Salem Baptist Church

    Chicago

    Gospel fans can make the pilgrimage to the Greater Salem Baptist Church where gospel great Mahalia Jackson was a lifelong member.

  • Chicago Cultural Center

    Chicago

    This exquisite, beaux-arts building began its life as the Chicago Public Library in 1897. Today the block-long structure houses terrific art exhibitions …

  • Charnley-Persky House

    Chicago

    While he was still working for Louis Sullivan, Frank Lloyd Wright (who was 19 at the time) designed the 11-room Charnley-Persky House, which sparked a new…

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