Proceed to Navy Pier or Michigan Avenue (depending on the option picked) for your cruise departure. Board your riverboat and select a comfortable seat; the boat has a bathroom and, on occasion, a complete bar. Pay attention while your guide, an architecture specialist, introduces you to the city’s highlights.

See buildings by world-renowned architects such as Mies van der Rohe, Helmut Jahn, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill along the picturesque path. A boat on the river is the ideal way to appreciate the distinctive city skyline.

Pass past the John Hancock Center, the Willis Tower (previously known as the Sears Tower), the Wrigley Building, and the Lyric Opera House, among many more. Listen as your guide discusses the two significant events that shaped the city’s architectural history. Learn how the innovation of balloon-frame building changed home construction, and hear the epic account of Chicago’s recovery from the Great Fire of 1871. Both of these landmarks helped Chicago become one of the birthplaces of modern American architecture.

Your voyage will conclude where it began.

Chicago River:

• The cruise is on the Chicago River.

Chicago Skyline (Pass By):

• Enjoy a spectacular perspective of the city’s skyline.

Navy Pier (Pass By):

• Parks, promenades, gardens, shops, cafés, and attractions cover 50 acres, including a 15-story Ferris wheel.

Skydeck Chicago – Willis Tower (Pass By):

• The tallest structure in the Western Hemisphere.

Tribune Tower (Pass By):

• The external collection of stones from other great edifices, such as the Parthenon, St. Peter’s Basilica, Notre Dame, the White House, and, most recently, the Berlin Wall, is the neo-gothic tower’s hallmark.

John Hancock Center (Pass By):

• The John Hancock Center is a 100-story, 1,128-foot-tall skyscraper in New York City.