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Chicago's to do
Broadway Antique Market is one of Chicago's to do.

1. Broadway Antique Market

7.9
6130 N Broadway St, Chicago, IL
Antique Store · Edgewater · 24 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: With 75 dealers and over 25,000 square feet of showroom space, this ‘vintage department store’ has every antique imaginable, with an emphasis on mid-century modern furniture & art deco pieces.

Cat & Mouse Game Store is one of Chicago's to do.

2. Cat & Mouse Game Store

2212 W Armitage Ave (Leavitt), Chicago, IL
Toy Store · Bucktown · 12 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: Cat and Mouse has over 600 non-electronic games in stock, including classic board games, brainteasers, card games and puzzles for children and adults alike.

RobotCity Workshop is one of Chicago's to do.

3. RobotCity Workshop

7.1
3226 N Sheffield Ave (at Belmont), Chicago, IL
Toy Store · Lakeview · 4 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: A store specializing in everything robot related, this shop sells a variety of robot building kits, electronic components and hardware.

Quimby's is one of Chicago's to do.

4. Quimby's

8.5
1854 W North Ave (at N Wolcott Av), Chicago, IL
Bookstore · Bucktown · 32 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: This unique bookstore features unusual and underground material such as self-published, small and independent press books, magazines, zines, body art, and underground comics.

Toys Et Cetera is one of Chicago's to do.

5. Toys Et Cetera

7.2
5311 N Clark St (btw Berwyn & Summerdale), Chicago, IL
Toy Store · Andersonville · 5 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: Toys et Cetera is a store filled with fun for the whole family. Enter a world of hands-on creative play & find an enormous collection of children’s gifts ranging from birth through 10 years old.

Monster Island Toys is one of Chicago's to do.

6. Monster Island Toys

750 W 35th St, Chicago, IL
Toy Store · Bridgeport · 4 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: Find Godzilla-like merchandise at Chicago’s top Japanese specialty toystore featuring imported Japanese-made action figures and dragon paraphernalia.

Rotofugi Gallery is one of Chicago's to do.

7. Rotofugi Gallery

8.7
2780 N Lincoln Ave (at Diversey Pkwy), Chicago, IL
Art Gallery · North Side · 22 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: One of the world’s premier sellers of designer toys, this shop features a diverse selection of vinyl figures, capsule toys, plush creatures, and more from Eastern and Western designers.

Uncle Fun is one of Chicago's to do.

8. Uncle Fun

1338 W Belmont Ave (btwn N Lakewood Ave & N Southport Ave), Chicago, IL
Toy Store · Lakeview · 8 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: Uncle Fun is a one-of-a-kind toy store that has been established for over two decades. This whimsical shop features one of the widest selections of vintage finds, knick knacks and hilarious oddities.

Threadless Store is one of Chicago's to do.

9. Threadless Store

7.6
3011 N Broadway St (at W Wellington Ave), Chicago, IL
Clothing Store · Lake View East · 14 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: Threadless selects and prints hundreds of awesome new t-shirt designs by a talented community of artists. This locale gets the newest tees on Friday, three days before they're for sale on the website.

Chicago Architecture Foundation is one of Chicago's to do.

10. Chicago Architecture Foundation

224 S Michigan Ave (at E Jackson Blvd), Chicago, IL
Museum · The Loop · 51 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: The foundation's bookshop offers out a plethora of titles ranging from architecture to children’s books, maps/guides, and Chicago-themed books, as well as gadgets and gifts inspired by architecture.

Daley Plaza is one of Chicago's to do.

11. Daley Plaza

7.9
50 W Washington St (btwn Clark St & Dearborn St), Chicago, IL
Plaza · The Loop · 50 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: We hope that Superman doesn't run into Lex Luthor at Daley Plaza, in the shadow of Picasso's untitled sculpture.

Skydeck Chicago is one of Chicago's to do.

12. Skydeck Chicago

8.4
233 S Wacker Dr (btwn Adams St & Jackson Blvd), Chicago, IL
Scenic Lookout · The Loop · 392 tips and reviews

Explore ChicagoExplore Chicago: Superman can leap "the tallest building in a single bound", quite a feat at the Willis Tower, which is 1,450 feet (443 meters) high or 1,730 feet (520 meters) including the twin antenna towers.

13. Millennium Park Chiropractic

155 N Michigan Ave (Randolph and Michigan), Chicago, IL
Chiropractor · The Loop · No tips or reviews
Shedd Aquarium is one of Chicago's to do.

14. Shedd Aquarium

8.8
1200 S Lake Shore Dr (at Solidarity Dr), Chicago, IL
Aquarium · Museum Campus · 449 tips and reviews
Wow Bao is one of Chicago's to do.

15. Wow Bao

7.6
1 W Wacker Dr (btwn State & Lake), Chicago, IL
Dumpling Restaurant · The Loop · 144 tips and reviews
Chicago River is one of Chicago's to do.

16. Chicago River

Chicago River, Chicago, IL
River · The Loop · 29 tips and reviews