--- title: "12 Photo Quests in Chicago, United States of America β€” GetMap" description: "12 photo quests in Chicago, United States of America β€” led by food, history and nature. Get there, take a photo within 200 m, and the check-in counts." source: https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/chicago --- # Chicago United States of America Β· 12 quests ## History 2 quests ![Surgical Science Museum, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/History/ChIJkRt1g1zTD4gR02niC58oU1c.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Surgical Science Museum](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJkRt1g1zTD4gR02niC58oU1c) A former mansion is packed with surgical tools ![Water Tower, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/History/ChIJV_DlyzjTD4gRZTIQNFZk5Uw.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Water Tower](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJV_DlyzjTD4gRZTIQNFZk5Uw) It survived a fire that erased most of the city ## Nature 2 quests ![Oz Park, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJeVRGKhHTD4gRGeM4BihP5tw.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Oz Park](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJeVRGKhHTD4gRGeM4BihP5tw) Dorothy’s cast stands in the grass ![Lily Pool, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Nature/ChIJPXfQCHLTD4gR3qlgRqn_xqQ.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Lily Pool](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJPXfQCHLTD4gR3qlgRqn_xqQ) A small waterfall runs through a hidden garden ## Art 1 quest ![Cloud Gate, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Art/ChIJ9Sszh6YsDogRUUo6zu8_TQY.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Cloud Gate](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ9Sszh6YsDogRUUo6zu8_TQY) The skyline bends across its steel skin ## Food 3 quests ![Root Beer, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJ00KvtLwsDogR3GNih9CYiQs.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Root Beer](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJ00KvtLwsDogR3GNih9CYiQs) Its dark, sweet taste comes from a house recipe ![Fluffy Omelet, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJCXN6n8EsDogRMsh3qQFMPDE.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Fluffy Omelet](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJCXN6n8EsDogRMsh3qQFMPDE) Its height comes from the air inside ![Pig Face, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Food/ChIJs8mbNsUsDogRUnpg-b_IK5E.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Pig Face](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJs8mbNsUsDogRUnpg-b_IK5E) A sunny-side egg sits on the roasted cut ## Beach 1 quest ![Oak Street Beach, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Beach/ChIJUzlCD1bTD4gR3t_rTxspt5c.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Oak Street Beach](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJUzlCD1bTD4gR3t_rTxspt5c) Sand meets the lake below the high-rises ## Sport 2 quests ![Wrigley Field, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Sport/ChIJId-a5bLTD4gRRtbdduE-6hw.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Wrigley Field](https://getmap.travel/quests/Bvr3YUQHfqNiQUWGY3Fw) Someone turns the scoreboard by hand ![United Center, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Sport/ChIJT7Wpyj4tDogRRAPwjAbwk5s.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [United Center](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJT7Wpyj4tDogRRAPwjAbwk5s) Two teams share the same giant roof ## Party 1 quest ![Three Dots, Chicago](https://gpuvmfylzaflwxeawisb.supabase.co/storage/v1/render/image/public/assets/Quests/Party/ChIJiX4KgLEsDogR8gugSnSptzY.png?width=400&quality=70&resize=contain) πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Chicago [Three Dots](https://getmap.travel/quests/ChIJiX4KgLEsDogR8gugSnSptzY) A hidden door opens into a tiki basement --- United States of America ## Photo quests in Chicago What the catalogue actually holds here, and which of it is worth rearranging a day around. Chicago holds twelve quests across every category the catalogue keeps, led by Food with three β€” though only just, with two in History behind it. None of them is tier 1 β€” the tier the catalogue reserves for finds nobody would already have on a list β€” so every check-in in Chicago is open on any plan. Tier 3 covers eight of them, which is the label for what a visitor would expect a travel app to have anyway. A food quest names the dish rather than the restaurant: the pin sits on the room that serves it, but what you are going for is the plate. History here means places where something happened and the ground still shows it, which is also where the famous version and the standing version most often part company. Every check-in works the same way: the geotag your camera wrote into the photo has to land within 200 m of the quest's own point. ### By category Each of these opens the whole category across every city, with the Chicago quests among them. - [History quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/history) β€” two in Chicago - [Nature quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/nature) β€” two in Chicago - [Art quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/art) β€” one in Chicago - [Food quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/food) β€” three in Chicago - [Beach quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/beach) β€” one in Chicago - [Sport quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/sport) β€” two in Chicago - [Party quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/category/party) β€” one in Chicago --- Nearby ## Cities near Chicago Ranked by distance rather than by border, because from here the next useful stop is often the one in the next country. - [Cleveland 13 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/cleveland) - [Nashville 7 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/nashville) - [New York 19 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/new-york) - [Dallas 13 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/dallas) - [Quebec City 11 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/ca/quebec-city) - [Denver 12 quests](https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/denver) --- Questions ## About quests in Chicago ### How many photo quests are there in Chicago? 12, across all seven categories the catalogue uses. The deepest groups are Food (3), History (2) and Nature (2). Among them: Surgical Science Museum, Oz Park and Cloud Gate. ### Can you do all the Chicago quests on one trip? Yes, given a few days. Every one of the 12 falls within 6.4 km of the middle of the Chicago list β€” walking and local transport, not day trips β€” so this is a list to plan a visit around rather than a reason to extend one. ### Which Chicago quests can you do for free? All 12. The PRO gate covers checking in to the hardest tier of quests, and Chicago holds none of that tier, so every quest here can be read, travelled to and checked in on the free plan. Checking in anywhere needs an account, because a verified visit has to belong to somebody, but an account costs nothing. ### How do I prove I visited a place in Chicago? Take the photo at the place and upload it. Your browser reads the location the camera wrote into that file and measures it against the quest's own coordinates; inside 200 m the check-in counts. The distance is measured to the point, not to the city: being in Chicago is not what is checked, and a photo taken across town from Surgical Science Museum fails exactly the way one taken at home does. A file with no location in it cannot be checked at all, and a photo that has been through a messaging app usually arrives that way β€” upload the original out of the camera roll rather than a copy someone sent back to you. The Food quests in Chicago sit on the room where the dish is served rather than on the dish, so that address is what the 200 m is measured from. --- This is the Markdown rendering of https://getmap.travel/quests/city/us/chicago. Site index for agents: https://getmap.travel/llms.txt