Milwaukee Art Museum
The Art Institute of Chicago:
Admire works by Picasso,
Matisse, Kandinsky and
other contemporary
masters in the newly
opened Modern Wing of
the Art Institute of Chicago.
Located in Chicago’s Grant
Park, The Art Institute is
Lake Michigan America’s second-largest
museum, with one million
square feet of exhibition
space showcasing world-
class paintings, sculpture,
photography and more.
beer, with seven round trips offered each day (six on Sundays).
Complete your journey by taking the Hiawatha Service directly
to the new Amtrak station at Milwaukee’s General Mitchell
International Airport, where you’ll receive free shuttle service to
Willis Tower: Gain a new perspective on Chicago and America’s
the airport terminal.
heartland on the Skydeck of the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears
Chicago’s central location also makes it the perfect point
Tower). Dare to stand out on The Ledge – four new, retractable
from which to embark on an exploration of the American
glass ledges that suspend visitors out over Chicago more than
Northwest. On board the Amtrak Empire Builder
®
, you’ll follow
1,350 feet in the air.
in the footsteps of the early pioneers, tracing parts of the
original trail forged by legendary explorers Lewis and Clark.
Mall of America: More than 35 million visitors make the
The train travels from Chicago to Milwaukee before heading
pilgrimage each year to Bloomington, Minnesota in the Twin
west across Wisconsin and alongside the Mississippi River
Cities metropolitan area and the giant Mall of America, home
to the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul, where picturesque
to 520 stores and more than 50 restaurants and attractions,
paddlewheel boats transport visitors from scenic Harriet Island to
including Camp Snoopy named for the beloved Peanuts comic
the limestone bluffs of Fort Snelling.
strip character created by Twin Cities native Charles Schulz.
The Empire Builder stops at Midway Station in St. Paul, the
state capital and birthplace of author F. Scott Fitzgerald
Rock and Roll Hall of
(The Great Gatsby). Minneapolis is known for its extensive
Fame and Museum:
Skyway System of enclosed walkways linking most of downtown.
Celebrate Rock
From the Twin Cities, the Empire Builder continues across
and Roll with a
Minnesota and into North Dakota and Montana, stopping
visit to Cleveland,
at Glacier National Park before splitting into two routes that
Ohio’s interactive
conclude on the Pacifi c Coast at either Seattle, Washington or
museum of rock and
Portland, Oregon.
pop culture.
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