North Shore (Chicago) - Places of Interest

Places of Interest

The only Bahá'í House of Worship in America is located in Wilmette, Illinois.

  • Northwestern University, Evanston
  • North Shore Center for the Performing Arts, Skokie
  • Ravinia park in Highland Park hosts the Ravinia Festival each year.
  • Chicago Botanic Garden, Glencoe
  • Bahá'í Temple, Wilmette
  • Ryan Field stadium, Evanston, is the home field of the Northwestern University Wildcats football team.
  • Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Skokie
  • Kohl Children's Museum, Glenview
  • Allstate Arena, Rosemont
  • The Crow Island School building, Winnetka, designed by the European architect Eero Saarinen in 1939-40.
  • Ward Willits House, Highland Park, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in 1901.
  • North Point Marina, Winthrop Harbor.
  • Rivers Casino, Des Plaines
  • Westfield Old Orchard Shopping Center, Skokie.
  • Pickwick Theatre, Park Ridge
  • The Nature preserve Illinois Beach State Park, Zion.
  • Northbrook Court, Northbrook
  • Illinois Beach State Park
  • Grosse Point Light, Evanston.
  • Zion Nuclear Power Station.
  • Fort Sheridan, Highwood.
  • Lake Forest College, Lake Forest.

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