Art Institute of Chicago

Khadija K

The second-largest art museum in the country, the Art Institute houses a treasure trove from around the globe. The collection of impressionist and postimpressionist paintings is second only to those in France, and the number of surrealist works is tremendous.

Wander the endless marble and glass corridors, and rooms stuffed with Japanese prints, Grecian urns, suits of armor, Grant Wood's American Gothic, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and Georges Seurat's A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. The Modern Wing dazzles with Picassos and Mirós.