Millennium Park

Rising up boldly from Grant Park’s northwest corner (between Monroe and Randolph Sts), Millennium Park is a treasure trove of free and arty sights. Frank Gehry’s 120ft-high swooping silver band shell anchors what is, in essence, an outdoor modern design gallery. It includes Jaume Plensa’s 50ft-high Crown Fountain, which projects video images of locals spitting out water gargoyle-style; the Gehry-designed BP Bridge that spans Columbus Dr and offers great skyline views; and the McCormick-Tribune Ice Rink, which fills with skaters in winter (and al fresco diners in summer). But the thing that has become the park’s biggest draw is ‘theBean’ – officially titled Cloud Gate – Anish Kapoor’s ridiculously smooth, 110-ton, silver-drop sculpture.