The Chicago Architecture Center is best known for its gold-standard boat tours, which depart from the docks below the center on the Riverwalk. The skyline takes on a surreal majesty as you float through its shadows, and landmark after eye-popping landmark flashes by.
CAC also offers heaps of great walking tours that explore architecture by theme (art deco, historic skyscrapers) or by individual building.
The center fills the first floors of a striking Mies van der Rohe tower. Galleries inside provide a quick primer on the city’s famous architects and styles, along with supersized models of renowned local structures.
