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Destination: Chicago

With top-of-the line hotels and shopping, gorgeous architecture and some of the most exciting restaurants in the country, the Windy City is thriving.

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Also in this report: The city’s best hotels under Where to Stay, authentic restaurants under Where to Eat, sights not to miss under What to See & Do, a guide to the best shopping under Where to Shop and great guides and tours in Indagare Intelligence.

INDAGARE TOP TEN:

SLEEP…in the Peninsula, the most visually stunning hotel property in the city

SEE…the city’s world-famous skyline by taking an Architecture River Cruise.

SPLURGE…on a tasting menu at Alinea, one of the country’s top restaurants

EAT…at Paul Kahan’s Blackbird, housed in a loft-like space

DRINK…with a young, hip crowd at NoMi, in the Park Hyatt

SAVOR…the innovative desserts at Hot Chocolate

VISIT…the spectacular John G. Shedd Aquarium with the kids

SHOP…in Wicker Park at such boutiques as Helen Yi and P. 45

KNOW…art historian and guide Rolf Achilles’s must sees in the Art Institute

EXPERIENCE…Robie House, an uncontested Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece

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