Chicago Photo Tour: 20 Essential Shots and Locations

Here are 20 shots and photo locations in Chicago, that you must shoot and capture. Take them for fun, photo tours, a scavenger hunt, photography classes, or to plaster all over Facebook.

Chicago photo tour or scavenger hunt John Hancock Chicago
  • Looking up at the John Hancock Building

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  • Down the center of Michigan Avenue

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  • Cloud Gate (The Bean)

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  • A sailboat on Lake Michigan

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  • ThE Chicago River, from Michigan Avenue, looking west 

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  • Dearborn Station in Printer's Row

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  • The Ferris Wheel at Navy Pier

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  • The Marquee Sign at Wrigley Field

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  • Chicago Skyline, shot from Adler Planetarium

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  • The Steps going up to any L stop

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  • The L passing by

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  • Anywhere on the 606 Trail

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  • Boats docked at a harbor

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  • The Chicago Theatre, from up on the State and Lake L Stop

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  • Sears/Willis Tower from Kinzie St Brigde 

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  • North from 360 Observatory in the John Hancock Building

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  • Buckingham Fountain, while facing Northwest

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  • Chicago Skyline, from outside of the North Pond Resatraunt

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  • Chicago Skyline, from Fullerton near Lake Sure Drive

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  • Chicago Board of trade, facing South from Lasalle and Adams

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