Learn about the remarkable people who lived here and about the events that occurred in this gracious and exclusive enclave. Many famous figures from Chicago's social, political, and architectural history are buried in this park-like cemetery. Parking is available inside the cemetery. A Second Look Explore an older section of this historic 1861 garden cemetery. See unusual Victorian monuments and sentimental epitaphs while visiting grave sites of early Chicago mayors, artists, and other prominent citizens.
Parking is available inside the cemetery.
View the architecturally significant redevelopment of the central business district. Proceed along winding, wooded, residential streets, set among ravines and moraines, dotted with examples of work by numerous historically significant architects including Frank Lloyd Wright, W.W. Boyington, Robert E. Seyfarth, Joseph Lyman Silsbee, and Howard van Doren Shaw. Survey houses and apartment buildings from the 1860s to the 1950s, including the interior of Frank Lloyd Wright's Robie House, which is currently under restoration. Interior tour of Robie House given by Frank Lloyd Wright Preservation Trust. Enjoy the rennovated plaza surrounding Aon Center and catch a plimpse of the progress in Millennium Park.