This may surprise you, but Chicago actually has a beach that ranks among Hawaiin and Floridian beaches as one of the best in the United States!
According to Travel and Leisure Oak Street Beach is one of the 25 best you can visit in the entire nation. The website cites Chicago’s skyline, plenty of local restaurants, and the ability to rent chairs, umbrellas, and cabanas as their reasons for the inclusion.
To put into perspective, Santa Monic Beach, CA, Carlsmith Beach, Hilo, HA, Clearwater Beach, Clearwater, FL, and Poipu Beach, Kauai, HA were all on the same best-of list as Oak Street Beach!
