THIS IS BY FAR THE BEST THING I HAVE EVER DONE. When I was there in September 2 years ago, we all did this, even the Chiacgo natives. You get history, you get to talk to the people you're hanging out with, it doesn't revolve around drinking or freezing or sweating, its perfect. Cannot recommend it enough.1) River tour. If it’s warm out, a historical/architecture tour of Chicago is rad for both tourists and locals. Aside from a nice, breezy trip on the not overly smelly river, architectural tours in Chicago actually have significance. This isn’t your chumpsville city where you paid a bunch of dipshits a cool million to design a glass dildo in the center of your three-block downtown. Buildings in Chicago actually mean something to the history of the city, and you’ll learn something about the meat packing industry, health and sanitation, immigrant migration, and other cool stuff that you probably won’t appreciate because you’re a fucking uneducated hick. Fuck you.