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COLORFUL CHICAGO

Being a long displaced Chicago native, I take pride in claiming my roots in my hometown. Having traveled all over the world, I instinctively know, and am drawn to, fellow Chicagoans. It seems that no matter how far you roam or for how long, the term "You can take the boy or girl out of Chicago but…well, you know the rest.

Native Chicagoans share so memories and experiences that are uniquely Chicago. With that in mind, when I was asked to plan a recent Chicago charter bus tour, I immediately thought of the places few non-Chicagoans would ever visit…an insider's tour of the windy city.

Things may have changed in this post-Obama period but, few tourists ever visit the Southside's Jackson Park. Located in President-elect Obama's Hyde Park neighborhood, Jackson Park is home to Japanese Garden, Museum of Science and Industry, the Art Institute, the 63rd Street Beach House along Lake Michigan, and a golf course. It has also been touted as a possible location for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Very simply said, Chicago is home to some of the world’s most spectacular architecture. No visit would be complete without a tour of Sears Tower, the Reliance building, the John Hancock Building (fondly nicknamed “Top o’ the Rock”), and the Rookery. Walking tours are offered through Architecture Foundation Tours but, make sure you board your Chicago charter bus for the ride out to Oak Park, home of Frank Lloyd Wright, his studio, Unity Temple, and examples of the prairie style architecture developed during his “1st golden age.” .

There are two insider tips to visiting Chicago and although people are dying to get into them, visitors seldom go. The first must see is Graceland Cemetery, located on the North side of the city. Filled with awesome tombs that houses some of Chicago’s most famous and influential residents. Most of the Windy City’s mayors, over the last 200+ years, lay in rest here as well as notables such as Marshall Field, Daniel Burnham, Root & Sullvan, and Sullivan designed Getty Tomb.

Board your Chicago charter bus for its final destination, no pun intended, Rosehill Cemetery. Rosehill is the final resting place of mayors, Civil War generals, and a U.S. Vice President (Charles Dawes). World wide household names like as Oscar Mayer, Montgomery Ward, and Richard Sears have found their eternal home there. Not straying far from their Chicago homes are luminaries such as Jack Brickhouse, Bobby Franks, and John G. Shedd.

Cities Served:

Alabama: Birmingham, Huntsville, Madison, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscumbia, Tuscaloosa, Decatur, Huntsville, Dothan
Arkansas: Little Rock, Fort Smith, Pine Bluff, Fayetteville, Jonesboro
Arizona: Mesa, Phoenix, Scottsdale, Tempe, Tucson, Flagstaff
California: Berkeley, Branford, Brea, Castroville, Chula Vista, Costa Mesa, Escondido, Fresno, Garden Grove, Los Angeles, Merced, Modesto, National City, Norwalk, Ontario, Pasadena, Placentia, Rancho Cucamonga, Sacramento, Salinas, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Ana, South San Francisco, Stockton, Sunnyvale, Vernon, Redding, Bakersfield, Anaheim, Riverside
Colorado: Denver, Colorado Springs, Boulder, Fort Collins, Greeley, Durango
Conecticut: Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven, Waterbury, Danbury, Stamford
DC: Washington D.C.
Deleware: all cities
Florida: Coral Springs, Fort Lauderdale, Gainesville, Jacksonville, Lake City, Lakeland, Longwood, Miami, Ocala, Orlando, Sebring, Tallahassee, Pensacola, Daytona Beach, Deltona, Spring Hill, Tampa, Sarasota, Cape Coral, West Palm Beach, Key West, Palm Bay, Naples
Georgia: Atlanta, East Point, Albany, Columbus
Indiana: Indianapolis, Bloomington, Terre Haute, Evansville, Louisville, Lafayette, Gary, South Bend, Fort Wayne, Muncie
Iowa: Des Moines, West Burlington, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo, Sioux City, Davenport, Mason City
Idaho: Twin Falls, Boise, Idaho Falls, Pocatello, Nampa, Coeur D’ Alene
Illinois: Chicago, Elgin Aurora, Joliet, Peoria, Champaign, Springfield, Decatur
Kansas: Topeka, Wichita, Olathe, Manhattan, Salina, Hays, Newton, Hutchinson, Dodge City, Garden City, Liberal
Kentucky: Louisville, Paducah, Bowling Green, Evansville, Louisville, Lexington
Louisiana: New Orleans, Shreveport, Baton Rouge, Lake Charles, Alexandria, Monroe
Maine: Portland, Biddeford, Gorham, Brunswick, Lewiston, Augusta, Waterville, Bangor
Massachusets: Boston, Springfield, Worcester, Springfield, Brockton, Lowell
Maryland: Alexandria, Baltimore, District Heights
Michigan: An Arbor, Grand Rapids, Lansing, Kalamazoo, Detroit
Minnesota: Marshall, St. Cloud, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Rochester
Missouri: St. Louis, Kansas City, Columbia, Springfield, St. Joseph, Duluth
Mississippi: Jacksonville, Richland, Starkville, Gulfport, Natchez, Hattiesburg
Montana: Great Falls Missoula, Billings, Glacier National Park
Nebraska: Omaha, Lincoln, Norfolk, Columbus, Kearney, North Platte
New Jersey: Cape May, all cities
Nevada: Henderson, Las Vegas, Reno, Sparks
New Hampshire: Manchester, Nashua, Concord, Lebanon, Salem, Portsmouth, Dover, Rochester
New Mexico: Albuquerque, Las Cruces, Carlsbad, Roswell, Santa Fe, Taos
New York: Albany, Coxsackie, Middletown, Ronkonkoma, Schenectady, Vails Gate, West Hempstead, New York City, Buffalo, Rochester
North Dakota: Bismarck, Williston, Minot, Devils Lake, Dickinson, Jamestown, Fargo, Valley City
North Carolina: Charlotte, Greensboro, Winston-Salem, Concord, Raleigh, Greenville, Jacksonville, Fayetteville, Wilmington, Asheville
Ohio: Columbus, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Mansfield
Oklahoma: Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Bartlesville, Enid, Muskogee, El Reno, Chickasha, Lawton, Altus, Duncan, Ardmore, Ada, McAlester
Oregon: Portland, Eugene, Salem, Bend, Medford, Hood River
Pennsylvania: Allentown, Wilkes-Barre, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, Reading, York, Philadelphia, Scranton, Jamestown
Rhode Island: Providence, Cranston, Warwick, Pawtucket, Fall River, New Bedford
South Carolina: Lancaster, Augusta, Greenville, Myrtle Beach, Charleston
South Dakota: Rapid City, Sioux Falls, Hot Springs, Spearfish, Mitchell, Huron, Aberdeen, Watertown, Brookings
Tennessee: Chattanoga, Knoxville, Memphis, Nashville
Texas: Austin, Beaumont, College Station, Dallas, Fort Worth, Galveston, Houston, Hutto, Killeen, San Antonio, San Marcos, Waco, Amarillo, Lubbock, Wichita Falls, Denton, Plano, Longview, Tyler, Odessa, Midland, El Paso, San Angelo, Temple, Bryan, Corpus Christi, Victoria, Harlingen, Brownsville, McAllen, Del Rio, Texarkana
Utah: Salt Lake City, Ogden, Cedar City, St. George
Vermont: Burlington, Rutland, Hanover, Middlebury, Essex, Barre, St. Albans
Virginia: Roanoke, Richmond, Virginia Beach Newport News, Charlottesville
Washington: Bellingham, Mt. Vernon, Everett, Seattle, Tacoma, Olympia, Yakima, Spokane, Kennewick, Port Angeles, Moses Lake, Pullman, Walla Walla, Ellensburg, Longview
West Virginia: Charleston, Clarksburg, Parkersburg, Morgantown
Wisconsin: Milwaukee, Madison, Eau Claire, Green Bay, Appleton
Wyoming: Casper, Rawlins, Rock Springs, Jackson, Cody, Powell, Buffalo, Sheridan, Gillette, Yellowstone National Park