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Worth the DetourDiscover a destination worth exploring within a short drive from Chicago.
Marquette MonumentHistoric Site3.0 mi from Chicago▾
Built into the Damen Avenue Bridge in 1930, this monument honors Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette, who crossed the Chicago portage in 1673 guided by Odawa, Myaamia, and Kaskaskia people whose knowledge of the route made the journey possible.
Ulysses S. Grant MonumentHistoric Site3.4 mi from Chicago▾
Dedicated in 1891 before a crowd of 250,000, this 18-foot bronze of Grant astride his horse Cincinnati was, at the time, the largest bronze statue ever cast in the United States, assembled from 22 separate metal pieces atop a 42-foot granite pedestal in Lincoln Park.
Twelfth Street BeachBeach4.2 mi from Chicago▾
Created in 1927 on the newly filled Northerly Island after women's civic groups lobbied for a public beach instead of a landing field, 12th Street Beach later sat beside the 1933–34 "Century of Progress" World's Fair and the Adler Planetarium, one of the few fair structures still standing.
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Nearby Points of Interest
Worth the DetourDiscover a destination worth exploring within a short drive from Chicago.
Marquette MonumentHistoric Site3.0 mi from Chicago▾
Built into the Damen Avenue Bridge in 1930, this monument honors Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette, who crossed the Chicago portage in 1673 guided by Odawa, Myaamia, and Kaskaskia people whose knowledge of the route made the journey possible.
Ulysses S. Grant MonumentHistoric Site3.4 mi from Chicago▾
Dedicated in 1891 before a crowd of 250,000, this 18-foot bronze of Grant astride his horse Cincinnati was, at the time, the largest bronze statue ever cast in the United States, assembled from 22 separate metal pieces atop a 42-foot granite pedestal in Lincoln Park.
Twelfth Street BeachBeach4.2 mi from Chicago▾
Created in 1927 on the newly filled Northerly Island after women's civic groups lobbied for a public beach instead of a landing field, 12th Street Beach later sat beside the 1933–34 "Century of Progress" World's Fair and the Adler Planetarium, one of the few fair structures still standing.
