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Illinois “Must-See”
ここは絶対に見るべき!! イリノイ州の簡単な紹介
日本語の簡単なガイド
Illinois Map +
イリノイ州の地図等
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The Art Institute of Chicago
Impressive collection of Impressionist, Modern, and
Post-Impressionist works
Self-Portrait (Van Gogh),
American Gothic
(Grant Wood), Nighthawks (Edward Hopper)
Georges Seurat’s “A Sunday on La Grande Jatte - 1884”
Pointillism method (Movie:
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off)
*
Beall Woods Nature Preserve and State Park :
one of the largest virgin deciduous forests in the nation
&
Blackstone Hotel: President Kennedy stayed &
1st Gangster Convention was held (1923)
*
Cahokia Mounds, near Collinsville
+
Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
October
&
Chicago Water Tower
*v
Deere & Company (John Deere developed a
steel plow in 1937)
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The Field Museum (Natural History)
T rex “Sue”,
which was named after Sue Hendrickson, a marine
archaeologist, who found the fossil in South Dakota in 1990. “T rex”:
Tyrannosaurus rex.
@
Lincoln Log Cabin, Lerna
+&
Millennium Park
* Nauvoo Mormon Temple: Mormons settled here from 1839-1844 Check out Nauvoo
Temple at
Historic Nauvoo
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Navy Pier First Ferris Wheel
(The original one was built by George Ferris for the World’s Columbian
Exposition in 1893)
check out
a small Ferris Wheel
@ New! Cirque Shanghai “Cloud Nine” opens in June (100528) on Navy Pier
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Museum of Science and Industry
- Relic of a World’s Fair (1893)
+
Shedd Aquarium
*^# Willis
Tower (formerly Sears Tower):
Sky
Deck |
The Ledge
&
Wrigley
Field (Cubs’ home stadium, 2nd-oldest
ballpark)
+
Zoolights at Lincoln Park Zoo Holiday
season
Food
@#& Deep-Dish Pizza:
Sam Rosati’s | Home of Deep-Dish Pizza:
Gino’s East: In addition to Deep-Dish Pizza,
here you can leave your name or other scribbles on the walls.
Gino’s East
@ Classic Hotdog at
Wrigley
Field (Cubs’ home stadium, 2nd-oldest
ballpark)
& Hot Dog
Portillo’s
Brief History*
1860 Abraham Lincoln becomes president | 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition
(Chicago) | 1908 Springfield race riots leads to founding of NAACP | 1933
Chicago World’s Fair |
Local Celebrities*
Walt Disney, Ernest Hemingway, Michael Jordan, Abraham Lincoln (1844-1861),
Barack Obama, Ronald Regan, Oprah Winfrey, Frank Lloyd Wright (long
time-resident), and
more.
Illinois |
Chicago (Nickname: Windy City) |
Springfield (Capital)
Largest Cities in Illinois
Tourism |
Chicago’s Tourism Office
Top Ten Illinois attractions |
Best of Chicago
イリノイ州の旅行ガイド
# Events:
St. Patrick’s Day Parade
check out our
St. Paul St. Patrick’s Day Parade photos
Chicago Air & Water Show <
www.chicagoairandwatershow.us >
August check out
our Duluth Air Show pix
Taste of Chicago
check out our
Taste of Minnesota photos
Chicago Marathon
check out our
Twin Cities marathon photos
More Events
for example, check out
this site
References
* Inge N. Dobelis (Project Editor): America: land of Beauty and Splendor (New
York/Montreal: Reader’s Digest, 1992)
+ Laura Sutherland with Family Travel Forum: “Amazing Places to Take Your
Kids” (Illinois: Publications International, Ltd., 2008)
=
Top 10 Museums in the United States
@ Lissa Poirot: “The Great American Road Trip” ,
AAA Living May/June 2010, Page 27-29
Travel AAA
x William Mullen (Chicago
Tribune): “T. rex Sue has more than paid off for Chicago Museum”
St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 22, 2010
v Alma E. Guinness (Project Editor) et al: America A to Z (New York,
USA: The Reader's Digest Association, 1997)
& Michael Schuman
(Albany Times Union): “Chicago’s Finest – 10
landmarks that define the Windy City” Travel Section,
St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 30, 2010
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