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Chicago Graceland Cemetery with Audio Tour
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Chicago Graceland Cemetery with Audio Tour

📍 Chicago, Illinois, United States

Enjoy the beauty and tranquility of Graceland Cemetery. Find one of the oldest headstones at Graceland. Visit Daniel Burnham's resting place on a lovely wooded island in the lake at Graceland

90 minCultural and theme tours
Operated/Supplied By: WeGoTrip

About this experience

Welcome to Chicago! This tour will take you to the Graceland Cemetery, a treasury of Chicago history, art, architecture, and a resting place of many famous Chicagoans: industrialists, businessmen, and artists.  . The cemetery boasts monuments designed by the greatest sculptors and architects of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. You will the Martintin L. Ryerson’s tomb, which combines two Egyptian styles: the pyramid and the mastaba, and other sculptures and tombs that can easily be considered architectural marvels. Also, you will learn about the achievements of the prominent people in the history of Chicago who are buried there: William LeBaron Jenney, who designed the world’s first true skyscraper in Chicago; Louis Sullivan, who is often called the “prophet of modern architecture”; Daniel Burnham, the most influential architect and urban planner in Chicago history; Philip Armour who earned Chicago’s reputation as “Hog Butcher of the World,” and many others. Despite being a cemetery, it not only serves a utilitarian purpose but represents beautiful and well-thought landscaping with a parklike atmosphere making it a haven in the city. Come and spend some time here while respectfully wandering among graves and listening to the stories about people who contributed to Chicago's architectural grandeur.

Meeting point

Graceland Cemetery
North Clark Street 4001, Chicago, Illinois, 60613, United States

Experience details

What’s included

  • Downloadable multimedia in-app tour (in English)
  • Exciting stories from a local guide

What’s not included

  • Personal guide — you will get the tour on the mobile app
  • Headphones — you should bring your own

Useful to know

  • Headphones
  • Charged Smartphone
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