The Map

The ever expanding visualization of things to see while you ride Chicago. 

(If you are out and about without a plan, you can use The Map on the Road)

Don’t panic! 

1. Select a category in the filter to get yourself started. Select others to add more sights.
2. Enter your start and end into Get directions.
3. Into Add Waypoint, copy/paste the addresses of other sites you’d like to see on the way. 
4. Get the directions, distance and time of your ride.

An icon key with links to the individual blog maps is below this map. Click here for an easy access list of all.

Sign up for a custom guided ride if you prefer to have someone show you around.

Adapted synagogues, A/E	The Dark Knight (2008), TA	The Jungle (Upton Sinclair, 1906), TA
Art Sculpture, TA	Division Street (Studs Terkel, 1967), H/G	Michaelsen & Rognstad, A/E	Print Chicago, TA
Bank Buildings, A/E	Eastland Disaster Victims Existing Homes, H/G [link to map of all homes]	Monuments and Memorials, TA	Sister Carrie (Theodore Dreiser, 1900), TA
The Blues Brothers (1980), TA	Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), TA	Movable Bridges, A/E	So Big (Edna Ferber, 1924), TA
Brewery Restaurant, B	Former Firehouses, A/E	Movie Theaters, A/E	Southern Exposure (Lee Bey, 2019), A/E
Brewery Taproom, B	Frank Lloyd Wright, A/E	My Favorite Thing is Monsters (Emil Ferris, 2017 & 2024), TA	The Spook Who Sat by the Door (Sam Greenlee, 1969), TA
Brick Roads & Alleys	The Fugitive (1993), TA	Native Son (Richard Wright, 1940), TA	Stranger than Fiction (2006), TA
Chicago River & Water System, H/G	Green & White Brick, A/E	Notorious Chicago, H/G	V.I. Warshawski (1991), TA
Christian Scientist Churches A/E	Historic Schools, A/E	A People’s History of Chicago (Kevin Coval, 2017), H/G	While You Were Sleeping (1995), TA
Church Conversions, A/E	Indemnity Only (Sara Paretsky, 1982), TA	PresChi – 7 Most Endangered 2017, A/E	Worthmann & Steinbach, A/E
The Coast of Chicago (Stuart Dybeck, 1990) TA	1895 Boulevard Bike Ride H/G	PresChi – 7 Most Endangered 2018, A/E