Two of the best cities worth the visit are Chicago and New York. Both cities provide a great view of sky scrapers and a blast of beautiful attractions. Also, these cities can make your heart melt with a fantastic taste of urban life.
Chicago is fondly called "Windy City", and is the largest city in the state of Illinois. With a beautiful view of Lake Michigan, Chicago has always been known for its infrastructure, telecommunication and transportation in. Chicago offers a large variety of entertainment and adventure.
There are plenty of Chicago attractions to enjoy. One of the cool places to start your tour of the city is at Shedd Aquarium. Designed to link people with the world of the sea, there are many exhibits you could go and see. Another place that people of all ages could enjoy is at The Field Museum & Underground Adventure. It showcases diversity of life on earth, the most complete fossil of a T-rex found on earth and Egyptian tombs too. There are also underground adventures in store for you. And once you are done with the earth adventure you're now ready to have a taste of a space adventure at Alder Planetarium. The most advanced planetarium on earth, you sure will enjoy what lies beyond life on earth.
A highlight among the many Chicago Attractions is the Sky Deck. The cool part is an interactive kiosk that acts as your guide as you have a bird's eye view of over 40-50 miles of the city. The best time to visit is during sunset.
Next let's hop over to the city that never sleeps, New York City. New York is known for its Wall Street, Madison Square Garden, Time's Square and yes, the Statue of Liberty. It has captured the hearts of most urban adventure seekers.
Of the many New York Attractions, the main hot spot nowadays is the Museum of Modern Art. Home of Pablo Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon, the MoMA had attracted many art lovers and enthusiasts. Often MoMa offers exhibits of different artists and caters to educational trip for students. The MoMA is located is at midtown Manhattan, which is just a walking distance to the Broadway Theater district. From art, film and theater, this part of the vacation is all about being entertained.
New York Attractions are plentiful to visit just in a day. Other famous spots worth seeing are the Empire State Building, among many other museums and landmarks.
Both cities give us a healthy dose of entertainment, learning and gratifying experience. So why not have both cities as part of your next vacation? It would be perfect and it would be worth it. It's a vacation you would like to do again and would even tell your friends about.
Article Source: TravelFreeGuides.com
Chicago and New York are some of the best cities in the U.S. Chicago attractions and New York attractions always offer something new, and tourists will want to go back for more.
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