B Haney & Sons

Get up close to more than 75 species of exotic butterflies and stunning bird species at the Judy Istock Butterfly Haven. Find some from the Southern hemisphere in a 2,700 square-foot greenhouse filled with pools of water, flowers, tropical trees and 1,000 butterflies, including those never seen before in our region at the Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum.

Laugh it up at a theater where some of the best comedic talents have gotten their start in show business. The Second City alumni include big names in entertainment like John Belushi, John Candy, Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, and Tina Fey.

Get ready to chow down on some of the best food in the city on the Chicago Dine-Around tour. It guarantees the best restaurant-hopping you'll ever do; stopping at the first restaurant for hors d'oeuvres, the second for the main course and the third for desert. Bring your appetite and bon appetit!

See the famed NBA Chicago Bulls hit the court at the United Center. If basketball isn't your cup of tea, the venue hosts concerts and other attractions like Cirque du Soleil, Disney on Ice, and the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.