Art, Galleries, and More in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago is New York City without the rush and impatience, Dallas without the heat and unreliability. The street foods and restaurant scene are world-renowned, serving a diverse array of dishes (generally influenced by Mexican, Italian, and Greek cuisine). The city is unique with its Greystone buildings and uncompromising grid, its walls often layered in graffiti (including a baby carriage mural by Banksy) and chalk.

Chicago has reliable transit and bike lanes, forests to trail in and botanical gardens to observe. There are alleyways instead of trash on the street. Diverse and well-integrated, the people carry a Southern niceness and pride. They enjoy engaging in pleasantries and do not tolerate false niceties or phony behavior. The city is rich in its knowledge and varying institutes, home to the first ever planetarium and highly esteemed galleries of art (the Art Institute of Chicago being the top-rated museum in the world).