Landmarks
Most visited attraction in Chicago
Navy Pier
Currently in prison for conspiring to barter with Barack Obama's vacant senate seat
Rod Blagojevich
This South American palm tree produces a superfood berry known by the same name.
Açaí
Winner of 21 Grammy Awards, he began his career as a producer for Roc-A-Fella records
Kanye West
This cream filled snack was invented in Chicago during the Depression
The Twinkie
Commonly known as "The Bean", this is the official name of Anish Kapoor's Millennium Park sculpture
Cloud Gate
A 14-count indictment was brought against this long standing Chicago alderman on May 30, 2019
Ed Burke
This tropical fruit contains an enzyme called papain which is used to tenderize meat
Papaya
Born 'Edward Louis Severson III', this Evanston native's grunge band has sold more than 85 million records worldwide
Eddie Vedder
The first of the cast iron clocks was installed on this Chicago department store in 1897
Marshall Field’s
The original name of Wrigley Field
Weeghman Park
This son of a leading Civil Rights figure spent over $5,000 of his campaign funds on Bruce Lee memorabilia
Jesse Jackson Jr.
Chicago got its name from "chicagaoua", an american indian form of this plant that grew around Lake Michigan
Garlic
Blues guitarist Inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in 2005 by Eric Clapton & B.B King
Buddy Guy
In 1947 this independent Chicago transportation agency was formed
Chicago Transit Authority
This skyscraper in River East is the world's tallest building designed by a woman
Aqua
Once famously said "the police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder"
Richard J. Daley
This climbing plant native to the Amazon is used in energy drinks, due to its seeds that contain twice the caffeine concentration as found in coffee beans.
Guarana
Active in the Civil Rights Movement, this crooner had 30 top 40 hits between 1957 and 1964
Sam Cooke
In 1979, this ill-fated sports promotion ended with explosions between ballgames
Disco Demolition Night
Roman goddess atop the Board of Trade tower
Ceres
Chairman of the House Ways & Means Committee under Ronald Reagan, he was brought down in a postage stamp scandal
Dan Rostenkowski
This small slimy fruit is in the soapberry family and popular in China and Southeast Asia
Lychee
Jazz piano great and former member of the Miles Davis quintet, best known for "Cantaloupe Island" & "Chameleon"
Herbie Hancock
Built in 1885, the Home Insurance Company Building was the first one of these built in Chicago.
Skyscraper