Chicago Lake and River Architecture Tour

Lake and River Architecture Tours begin at Michigan Avenue and explore Chicago's amazing architecture along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. All tours are narrated by professional tour guides.

Your tour travels along Lake Michigan and explores Chicago's beautiful skyline.

Dedicated in 1989 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, known for reversing the flow of the Chicago River in 1900. For the first five minutes of every hour, the fountain shoots a water arc across the river from a tiered waterfall.

The largest commercial building in the world.

Pass by these iconic mixed-use apartment buildings - "a city within a city" with their unique corn-cob exterior.

Michigan Avenue is home of the Chicago Water Tower, the Art Institute of Chicago, Millennium Park, and the shopping on the Magnificent Mile.

This white, terra-cotta landmark was built in 1922 as headquarters for the Wrigley chewing gum company.

An open, pedestrian waterfront called the city's 'Second Lakefront.'

Second-largest opera auditorium in North America, with an Art Deco interior