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Off the Beaten Path

University of Chicago
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Funded by oil magnate John
D. Rockefeller (who deemed it his
best ever investment), this forward-
thinking institution opened in 1892
(see p101). The university campus is
home to an attractive Neo-Gothic
quad, the Oriental Institute (see
p102), the Smart Museum of Art,
the soaring Rockefeller Memorial
Chapel, and Robie House (see p102).
Chicago Botanic Garden
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MAP A1 • 1000 Lake Cook Rd.,
Glencoe • Metra station: Braeside
• 1-847-835-5440 • Open 8am–
sunset daily • Adm • DA
• www.chicago-botanic.org
North of Chicago are these natural
and beautifully landscaped gardens. The stunning Baha’i Temple
The most popular are the Rose
Baha’i Temple
Garden, the Japanese Garden, and 4
the charming English Walled Garden. MAP A1 • 100 Linden Ave.,
Wilmette • “L” station: Linden Ave.
Evanston
3 • Visitors’ Center open mid-May–mid-
MAP B2 • “L” station: Davis
Sep 10am–8pm daily (to 5pm rest of
• Visitors’ Bureau: 1-847-448-4311 the year); temple open 6am–10pm
This suburb brims with restaurants, daily • 1-847-853-2300 • DA
galleries, and shops. Northwestern This exquisite white structure is one
University’s Mary & Leigh Block of only eight temples of the Baha’i
Museum of Art (see p45) and Grosse faith worldwide. Its nine doors
Point Lighthouse are worth a visit. symbolize how people can come to
God from any direction. At night,
0 km 5 spotlights enhance its ethereal
0 miles 5 beauty and intricate design.
Brookfield Zoo
SKOKIIE RD
GLENVIEW EDENS EXPY GREEN BAY RD 5
Lake
Michigan MAP A6 • 8400 W. 31st St.,
GOLF ROAD Brookfield • Metra station:
DEMPSTER ST
OAKTON ST EVANSTON Hollywood • CTA Bus: 331 • 1-708-
688-8000 • Open 10am–5pm daily
PETERSON AVE
• Adm (under-2s free) • DA
Over 5,900 animals live together
LAWRENCE AVE
in themed, naturalistic environments
HARLEM AVE CICERO AVENUE NORTH AVE LAKE SHORE DR at this popular zoo. Zones include
Tropic World, where thunderstorms
KENNEDY EXPY
WASHINGTON BLVD STATE ST occur regularly (you stay dry)
and Habitat Africa!, whose Forest
EISENHOWER EXPY WESTERN AVE DOWNTOWN exhibit has shy okapi and a
BERWYN
OGDEN AVENUE re-created African village. In Be
STEVENSON EXPY A Bird House, see what kind of
bird you’d be on a machine that
8 miles measures your flapping ability.
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