
Chicago Architecture Center River Cruise aboard Chicago's First Lady
#1 boat tour in North America according to USA Today Readers' Choice 2021 Awards! Looking for the ultimate…
Choose one of CAC’s acclaimed architecture tours, from a selection of our guests’ perennial favorites.
Join us on one of our newest tours of the city, led by an expertly trained CAC Docent.
Select a tour of architectural treasures throughout Chicago and its suburbs, brought to life as only a CAC docent can.
Explore Chicago’s green spaces and learn why well-designed parks and outdoor recreational areas are essential to the city.
Choose a tour featuring your favorite architect.
Choose one of CAC’s acclaimed architecture tours, from a selection of our guests’ perennial favorites.
#1 boat tour in North America according to USA Today Readers' Choice 2021 Awards! Looking for the ultimate…
Must-See Chicago is a fast-paced, 90-minute introductory tour to Chicago featuring some of its most famous…
Want a quick introduction to Chicago’s magnificent architecture? This 90-minute tour takes a comprehensive…
This lively overview of Chicago architecture explores iconic buildings from the 1890s to present. We'll…
Chicago is home to some of the world’s earliest skyscrapers. Get an up-close look at these 19th Century…
Oak Park is home to the world’s largest collection of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. View…
Explore Chicago’s amazing architecture from the unique perspective of elevated trains and station platforms…
Join us on one of our newest tours of the city, led by an expertly trained CAC Docent.
Discover a living urban canvas along the Wabash Avenue Arts Corridor in the South Loop. Learn more about…
Over the course of 90 minutes, explore some of the newest buildings around the Chicago Architecture Center…
Take a short walk to see the Lakeshore East neighborhood, featuring two notable buildings designed by…
Learn about newly completed improvements to the Chicago Riverwalk—starting at the Vietnam Memorial…
Select a tour of architectural treasures throughout Chicago and its suburbs, brought to life as only a CAC docent can.
Chicago is home to some of the world’s earliest skyscrapers. Get an up-close look at these 19th Century…
Looking for iconic Mid-Century Modern architecture? What better place than Chicago with its triumvirate…
Go inside the lobbies of Art Deco masterpieces built in the heart of Chicago’s financial district during…
Tour the lobbies of five opulent Art Deco skyscrapers built near the banks of the Chicago River during…
Take a short walk to see the Lakeshore East neighborhood, featuring two notable buildings designed by…
Explore Chicago’s green spaces and learn why well-designed parks and outdoor recreational areas are essential to the city.
Understand how the unique Chicago-style bascule bridges work. View the underpinnings of the bridges,…
Learn about The 606/Bloomingdale Trail and how it came to be during this 90-minute, one-mile walking…
Grant Park’s landscape is both front yard and recreation spot for Chicago. But did you know that the…
Hear the stories behind the people buried at the beautiful and tranquil Oak Woods Cemetery on Chicago’s…
Choose a tour featuring your favorite architect.
Oak Park is home to the world’s largest collection of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. View…
Discover Northwestern University’s stunning, wooded campus on the shore of Lake Michigan. This two-hour…
In addition to being the site of the 1893 World’s Fair, Hyde Park is also home to the University of…
Discover the art, architecture and history of Chinatown on this 90-minute walk, which includes stops…
Discover Uptown—a treasure trove of terra cotta ornament and creatively repurposed historic buildings;…
Discover the fascinating 150-year evolution of the Fulton-Randolph Market District from food wholesaling…
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Oak Park is home to the world’s largest collection of buildings designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. View the exteriors of nearly a dozen of Wright’s structures.
Hear the history of this stately neighborhood, home to Chicago’s early industrialists, modern-day innovators and President Barack Obama.
In addition to being the site of the 1893 World’s Fair, Hyde Park is also home to the University of Chicago and many significant buildings, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s masterpiece, Robie House.
Tour one of Chicago’s most fascinating neighborhoods, Beverly. Explore two houses built just after the Great Fire of 1871, a Frank Lloyd Wright home and a true Chicago castle. This tour showcases part of Chicago’s Longwood Drive Landmark District…
During Chicago’s period of growth in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, women played a hugely influential role by participating in the Underground Railroad, exhibiting the first Modern Art paintings, creating the juvenile justice system and even…
Explore the fascinating history reflected in the unique designs of the North Shore suburb of Lake Bluff. Trace the history from the formation of the Lake Bluff Camp Meeting Association, and their plans for a resort similar to the Chautauqua movement,…
Explore the interior and exterior of one of Chicago’s most famous and beloved historic buildings: The Rookery by Daniel Burnham and John Wellborn Root.
Get an up-close look at some of the world's earliest skyscrapers on the express version of our classic tour.