Evanston

Worth seeing in and around Evanston

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Northwestern University

   Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851, it is the oldest chartered university in Illinois.

   1.3 km · private university in Evanston, Illinois, U.S. · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Northeastern Illinois University

   Northeastern Illinois University is a public university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Founded in 1867 by the Cook County Board of Commissioners, it was established as the first teacher training school in Cook County.

   7.9 km · state university in Chicago · Wikipedia
3. 03
   Bahá'í House of Worship for the North American Continent

   The Baháʼí House of Worship in Wilmette, Illinois, is a Baháʼí temple. It is the second Baháʼí House of Worship constructed and the oldest one still standing.

   3 km · Bahá'í temple in Wilmette, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia
4. 04
   Queen of All Saints Basilica

   Queen of All Saints Basilica is a historic church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago located at 6280 North Sauganash Avenue in Chicago's upper middle-class Sauganash neighborhood. Along with St.

   7.6 km · church in Chicago, USA · Wikipedia
5. 05
   Rosehill Cemetery

   Rosehill Cemetery is a historic rural cemetery on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois in the United States. At 350 acres, it is the largest cemetery in the city of Chicago and its first private cemetery.

   6.8 km · cemetery in Chicago, Illinois · Wikipedia
6. 06
   Leather Archives and Museum

   The Leather Archives & Museum is a community archives, library, and museum located in the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Founded by Chuck Renslow and Tony DeBlase in 1991, its mission is making “leather, kink, BDSM, and fetish accessible through research, preservation, education and community engagement." Renslow and DeBlase founded the museum to combat the loss and suppression of leather and fetish community history during the AIDS crisis.

   5.6 km · archives and museum of the Leather subculture · Wikipedia
7. 07
   Lincoln Square

   Lincoln Square is one of the 77 community areas of Chicago in Illinois, United States, located on the North Side of Chicago. It encompasses the smaller neighborhoods of Ravenswood, Ravenswood Gardens, Bowmanville, Budlong Woods, as well as Lincoln Square itself.

   8.6 km · Lincoln Square, Chicago · Wikipedia
8. 08
   Park Tower Condominiums

   Park Tower is a high-rise residential building in the Edgewater community area on the shore of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of the largest all-residential buildings in Chicago and the second-tallest building in Illinois outside of downtown Chicago.

   7.9 km · high-rise residential building in Chicago, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia
9. 09
   Bohemian National Cemetery

   Bohemian National Cemetery is a cemetery at 5255 North Pulaski Road in North Park, Chicago, Illinois, United States.

   8.5 km · cemetery in Chicago · Wikipedia
10. 10
    North Park University

    North Park University is a private Christian university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was founded in 1891 by the Evangelical Covenant Church.

    8.3 km · Private university in Chicago, Illinois, United States · Wikipedia

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Getting to Evanston

Airports

Chicago O'Hare (ORD), 20 km · Chicago Midway (MDW), 30 km · General Mitchell (MKE), 102 km

Stations

Dempster–Skokie, 5.6 km · Berwyn station, 8 km · Granville station, 6.3 km · Francisco, 9.1 km · Argyle, 8.5 km

• Milwaukee → Evanston

  112 km · quickest by road, 2h 23m · $10–14
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• Grand Rapids → Evanston

  195 km · quickest by road, 4h 42m · $24–33
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• Indianapolis → Evanston

  284 km · quickest by road, 4h 55m · $25–34
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