There are a lot of beautiful things or facts about Chicago that is interesting to know most especially if this is your first time to visit Chicago.

Here are the Top 20 Amazing Facts About Chicago.

#1 Officially became a city in 1837

Chicago is the third largest city in United States. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, the second most populous county in the United States, and the principal city of the Chicago metropolitan area, which is often referred to as "Chicagoland."

#2 Chicago means “Striped Skunk”

Chicago is a Native American word. It also has a nicknames Windy City, the City of Big Shoulders, the Second City and the City that Works. But the most well-known name of Chicago is Windy City.Several publications used the nickname as a reference not only to the weather, but also to Chicago's politicians and the bragging habits of its citizens.

#3 Willis Tower

It is the tallest building in the West Hemisphere at 110 stories. One more feature of this building is its elevator, it is one of the fastest elevator in the world because it can travel 1,600 feet per minute.

#4 Largest Railway Transit and Buses

1.7 million passengers can be carry in any weekday because of the largest railways and buses in the city. Chicago, Illinois is the third-largest city in the United States and a major transportation hub for the Midwest. The city is served by two major airports, and is the main freight rail hub of North America.

#5 Millions of visitors each year

There are a lot of beautiful places in Chicago that every tourist will surely enjoy and have fun while travelling. Not only that there are also a lot or variant of food that you will enjoy and don’t forget to try the famous “Chicago’s Largest Hot Dog”.

#6 Art Institute of Chicago

Aside from Paris, France, Chicago is the next place were a lot of impressionist paintings is home.

#7 2,000 Hot Dog stands in Chicago

Chicagoans really love hot dogs. They cannot lived one day without eating hot dogs. Most of the hot dog stands are Burger King, McDonald’s, and Wendy’s.

#8 Pizzaria Uno in Chicago

Pizza Uno is located on the East Side of Chicago. Previously known as The Pizzeria and Pizzeria Riccardo, Uno’s got its name when Sewell and Riccardo opened Pizzeria Due a block away in 1955.

#9 Meat Packing Firm in 1893

Chicago is the largest meat packing firm because of the packing stockyards around the district “packing town" being the number one tourist attraction in the city at the time. 

#10 Wrigley Field

is a baseball park located on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is the home of the Chicago Cubs, one of the city's two Major League Baseball franchises. Wrigley Field is known for its ivy-covered brick outfield wall, the unusual wind patterns off Lake Michigan, the iconic red marquee over the main entrance, the hand-turned scoreboard, its location in a primarily residential neighborhood with no parking lots and views from the rooftops behind the outfield

#11 T-Rex named, Sue

The Chicago Field Museum is the only museum that has the most complete T-Rex and they named it, Sue.

#12 Route 66

It is the famous US highway that is in front of the Art Institute of Chicago. US 66 served as a primary route for those who migrated west, especially during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s, and the road supported the economies of the communities through which it passed. People doing business along the route became prosperous due to the growing popularity of the highway, and those same people later fought to keep the highway alive in the face of the growing threat of being bypassed by the new Interstate Highway System.

#13 First Ferris Wheel was invented in 1893

It is invented in World’s Columbian Exhibition in Chicago. It is 264 feet tall and featured passenger cars that weighed over 1,200 lbs and were roughly the size of a city bus. Although the original was demolished in 1906, a 15-story replica can be found at Navy Pier of Chicago.

#14 Lincoln Park Zoo

The zoo was founded in 1868 and this is one of the oldest zoos in the North America. This zoo also offers free admission and they have wide variety of animals.

#15 Taste of Chicago

It is one of the largest outdoor food festival in Chicago. Taste of Chicago is inspired by a “build it and they will come” attitude, a $150,000 budget, and confidence the event could attract 75,000 people, plans for the one-day food frenzy got under way. The festival was held in a three-block area of Michigan Avenue bordered by the Chicago River and the upscale stores and buildings that were then beginning to grace the Magnificent Mile; and between the architectural wonders of the Wrigley Building and Tribune Tower

#16 Chicago was technically the birthplace of soap operas

Broadcasting's most enduring genre emerged in Chicago's radio studios in the early 1930s, the outcome of an experiment to determine whether daytime network programming would attract audiences and sponsors.

#17 The first Playboy Mansion was in Chicago

Hef's company, Playboy Enterprises, stayed headquartered in Chicago until 2012, and then it too moved west.

#18 Gotham City

Is from Batman was based largely off of Chicago. Gotham City license plates were designed to look like Illinois plates so that they would be consistent with other plates while filming car-chase scenes in the city.

#19 Vacuum Cleaner

The first ever Vacuum Cleaner was invented in Chicago in 1868. Vacuum Cleaner is being use to clean your houses most especially the carpets and flooring.

#20 Home of the best House Cleaning Services

Chicago is one of the best city that has the best cleaning company in city. A lot of cleaning company are just around the corner but in Chicago you will find the best of the best. One of those is Always Green Cleaning Services Chicago.