South Shore Country Club, Chicago

South Shore Cultural Center

An enormous South Side landmark, which once served as the private golf clubhouse - closed to African-Americans

There are better beaches further north and further south, but if you're here and want to get a swim in, Jackson Park's two beaches are fine - 57th St Beach is less than a ten minute walk from the Museum of Science and Industry

Rainbow Beach

The Rainbow Beach is one of the best and biggest beaches in Chicago, boasting a magnificent South Side view of the Chicago skyline, and it has a free parking lot! Free outdoor movies are often held in the adjacent Rainbow Park

Jackson Park Golf Course

18 holes of golf and a driving range, all in the middle of Jackson Park

Jackson Park

Named for President Andrew Jackson and the site of the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893

Osaka Garden

The Osaka Garden grew out of the Pavilion for the Japanese Government at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition and was planned by Olmsted as well

New Regal Theater

Built in 1927 as one of the South Side's most impressive movie palaces, done up in ornate Moorish Revival style, this theater was in operation well past the riots and up into the late 1970s

Oak Woods Cemetery

Were it not for the somber atmosphere, Oak Woods would probably be one of Chicago's favorite parks as it is beautifully laid out and has four attractive elongated ponds

ETA Creative Arts Foundation

A community center housing one top-notch African-American theater company, which puts on an extraordinary number of plays, nearly all of them world premieres

Promontory Point Park

Promontory Point is a beautiful spot to take in the great skyline view, gaze off into the blue, watch summer fireworks, or take a (technically illegal, but everybody does it) swim in its submerged beach (north side of the point)

South Shore Country Club, Chicago