Jay Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park (courtesy:commons.wikimedia.org)

Chicago is the second biggest city in U.S. Located on Lake Michigan in north-eastern Illinois. This wonderful city has many foremost art galleries, shopping centers, museums, amazing parks, innumerable historical attractions and stunning architectures for visitors.

One of the best and popular destinations to visit in Chicago is Millennium Park. This is one of the biggest parks situated in Loop community area of Chicago which is known for its modern architecture. The most prominent characteristic feature of the park is that, it is the state of art with the top music pavilion. The park has many indoor and outdoor activities for the tourists like, they can enjoy at the ice skating rink in winter, colonnade at Wrigley Square, AT&T Plaza and can also listen to the best music events here. The visitors can also find underground performing-arts theater, gardens, and terraces. This park includes some of the best artistic attractions that visitors must visit like- Crown Fountain, Lurie Garden, Cloud Gate, Jay Pritzker Pavilion, BP Bridge, Harris Theater and Jay Pritzker Pavilion.

Millennium Park is considered as one of the best weekend getaways in Chicago. The entry to this park is free and it is open everyday from 6 am – 11 pm. Do visit this beautiful place with your family and make your weekend the most memorable experience.

There are many good places and hotels around the park where you can stay and can get good food so that you can enjoy your weekend without any tension.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (courtesy: www.clevelandleader.com)

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is a heaven for rock music lovers. Located on the shores of Lake Erie in Downtown Cleveland, this pyramid shaped music Mecca is a spectacular, angular, 150,000 square foot building established in 1995. Being one of the best tourist attractions in the city, this is rightly named so, because of the true tribute that it pays to producers, performers and songwriters, who demonstrated a significant influence during the Rock and Roll era.

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is often considered as the first choice for weekend-getaways in Ohio, especially by passionate rock music lovers. Music is cardinal to all the exhibits at the Rock Hall. There are headphones generously placed around the the hall for the music lovers to experience rock music and know about the artist who are new to them. The permanent exhibits include lyrics, costumes, instruments, handbills for concerts, musical scores, stage props, etc.There are also featured souvenirs from the artist’s childhood like, report cards, correspondence and shoes.

The visiting hours are from 10:00 am to 5:30 pm, and on Wednesdays until 9:00 pm, except for two days, Thanksgiving and Christmas. While on a journey to this musical world, you may also visit some nearby places like, Cleveland Stadium, the Great Lakes Science Centre, the Steamship William G. Mather Maritime Museum,  the Lake Shore Electric Railway interurban museum and the Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority.

There are many hotels, motels and resorts around Rock and Roll Hall where you can get a comfortable stay and good food along with shopping centers close by..