Escape Post-Election Stress by Exploring the Most Beautiful Places in Chicago

Did election tension make you entirely forget what actual beauty can be derived from the brilliant cityscape of Chicago ? Get out this calendar week , relax , and appreciate the dazzling views at any of these advantageous patch around town because if you know where to look , sweetheart can be almost everywhere you attend ( except in Wrigleyville ) .

Foster Ave Beach at sunrise

Tripping over bleary-eyed - eyed fraternity bros in YOLO wife beater at Castaways is n’t the only way to see what Chicago beaches have to offer . There ’s beauty sprinkled liberally amidst its backbone and sea , particularly around the lesser - impose beaches up north . And if you get up too soon enough , you might even see this .

Lincoln Park at sunset

Lincoln Park ( the neighborhood ) on a Saturday Nox ? Not so beautiful , especially atone of these places . But Lincoln Park ( the park ) is always a great alternative , particularly in the area around North Pond ( the restaurant ) , which is pretty bloody beautiful in its own right .

Rockefeller Chapel at the University of Chicago

While it credibly convey up painful memories of being pressure to sit still in your chairman while your tie is right smart too tightandyou’re miss the goddamn Bears game , the act of going to church is made much more palatable when say church is as beautiful as Rockefeller Chapel on the University of Chicago campus .

City Hall rooftop garden

Not too many beautiful things are going down beneath the ceiling of City Hall these days , unless you countRonnie Woo Woo ’s awesome protestation of Rahm Emanuel . But none of that count 11 stories up , where 20,000 plant and more than 150 species make up the city ’s most famous rooftop garden . It ’s also good for the environs , which is a passably beautiful cause .

Pilsen’s mural-filled blocks

minuscule Village is agreat hood with some jolly damn great murals , but Pilsen ’s mural game is every bit on point . Just saunter the cowl and gems like this pop up in some pretty unexpected places . Like the side of a star sign , for example .

Chicago Botanic Garden

Islands in Chicago ? Are yousmoking the greenagain , Thrillist ? Well , maybe , but that ’s beside the point . Chicago Botanic Garden has got island , nine of them , plus a date destination pretty much guarantee to ensure some heavy petting under the tree .

Buckingham Fountain

Is Al Bundy beautiful ? What about Peg Bundy ’s absurd haircut rivaling even that of The Donald ? And what the hell ever happened to Bud Bundy ? We do n’t have it away , these are thick life questions for another clock time . meditate them over the beauty that is Buckingham Fountain , just rather not anywhere near the clip Lollapalooza drive the grimace of Chicago shitfaced .

The Bean’s reflection

When you ’re being pile by tourists and being asked to take some family from Missouri ’s photo for the 12th prison term because small Kevin was n’t smiling in the last one ( bloody you , little Kevin ! ) , The Bean can seem like a less than beautiful place . But get the sky ’s reflection on a gay day with just the right amount of clouds , and it ’s a whole different account .

Montrose Point

Do you like shuttlecock ? Do you like walk serene track through the Wood ? Do you like orca view of the beach and skyline ? Yes , these are all beautiful thing . And yes , they all exist at Montrose Point . The Dock at Montrose Beach is also every bit beautiful . Depending , of course , on who ’s on stage .

Along the Chicago Riverwalk

Despite the totally subtle lettering on the tower nominate after a totally not small - handed presidential candidate , the Chicago Riverwalk is a beautiful yet somehow still middling underrated manner to drop your day .

Millennium Park lawn during a free concert

From strolling Maggie Daley Park to sipping drinks outside the Park Grill , there ’s no shortage of beauty in Millennium Park . The only thing that could possibly make it better ? Free concerts on the lawn . Oh wait , they already have those . ( BTW , did you hear Wilco is playing this summer ? )

Sky Chapel at Chicago Temple Building

Rising up 23 floors and 568 ft , this rooftop skyscraper church is home to the First United Methodist Church of Chicago and is report to be the high church building in the universe . Which is a beautiful affair , no ?

The 606

When you ’re not being attack by sweaty jogger and crying baby being pushed in strollers who are TOTALLY not enjoying themselves , the 606 is a remarkably beautiful place . Plus there’stons of places to use up and drink along the fashion , which is also a thing of beauty .

Bahá’í House of Worship

If you ’ve ever driven by this place and been like , “ whoa , what the blaze is that ? ” It ’s not the Taj Mahal , it ’s the Bahá’í House of Worship in Wilmette . It ’s one of only eight Bahá’í temple in the humans and , in plus to being the oldest surviving synagogue in the Bahá’í faith , is the only one in the United States .

Milton Lee Olive Park

Despite its perilously close proximity to Navy Pier , one of Chicago’smost underrated destinationsis also one of its most beautiful – particularly the breathtaking view of the skyline over the lake and Ohio Street Beach .