Things To Do

If you're looking for the Chicago experience:
Sears Tower Skydeck (downtown)
The Bean/Cloud Gate at Millennium Park (downtown)
Superdawg drive-in
Graceland Cemetery
If you have kids:
Brookfield Zoo (Brookfield)
Chicago Children's Museum (downtown)
The Exploritorium (Skokie)
Wildwood Nature Center (Park Ridge)
Oz Park
If you like museums and culture:
Frank Lloyd Wright (Oak Park), also near Concordia University Chicago
Irish American Heritage Center
National Veterans Art Museum
Chicago Architecture Cruise (downtown; may not be in season)
If you like to shop:
Fashion Outlets of Chicago - designer brands
Harlem Irving Plaza - local mall
Woodfield Mall - large variety of stores, indoors and outdoors