It's easy to get caught up in tourist traps and miss out on local favorites when visiting a new city, especially in a big city like Chicago, where visitor options are seemingly endless.
So we asked some Chicagoans for their suggestions on the best the city has to offer.
From boats to beer tours to baseball games, here are the real best things to do in Chicago.
Listen to some jazz and swing music at the Green Mill cocktail lounge, a true piece of history that opened in 1907. Along with its connections to the Chicago mob scene, the lounge is known for the poetry slams it hosts every Sunday night.
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Watch from North Avenue Beach (or an apartment that overlooks the beach) as historic fighter planes perform daredevil maneuvers in the sky for Chicago's annual Air and Water Show. The show takes places August 15-16 from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m.
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Catch a show at the comedy club Second City, whose notable alumni include Steve Carell and Tina Fey.
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