After coming to Illinois for a year, I visited almost all the surrounding cities: none of them are actually interesting, but they are better than staying in the village. Note: I live in Champaign, and the driving distance is based on this 1. Chicago is two kilometers away.

Within an hour and a half, it’s the third or fourth largest city in North America, with plenty of food and entertainment.

Eat: Chinatown has a bunch of delicious food, including Chicago’s famous gourmet deep dish pizza.

Things to do: various museums.

The Art Institute of Chicago has many world-class paintings; the Field Museum of Natural History has many animal and plant specimens, but we only spent half a day looking at them, which was a pity that we couldn’t see them all; the aquarium has too many fresh lakes and too little seafood; the Tower of Willis

, the all-glass house above is very exciting, and it’s interesting to watch the sunset from it; the river tour, I forgot the name of this, you can take a tour on the river at the pier. Chicago’s architecture is very famous, and the explanation is also very interesting.

, will tell you a lot of historical stories, what movies were filmed in those buildings, etc. It is well worth a visit.

2. About 2 hours’ drive from Indianapolis, there is an Indy500 venue, one of the three major racing venues in the United States.

Because my husband is a car fan, I added a venue tour for $20: you can visit the stadium, live broadcast room, parking garage, etc., and finally there is a small car museum and the other one is downtown. I think I was the only one who had never been to Chicago back then.

When I was a native, I thought Indianapolisdowntown was so big, beautiful and spectacular.

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That's it after going to Chicago.

3. There is a free zoo two and a half hours drive from St. Louis.

It is known as the number one zoo in the United States.

But compared to the San Diego mobilization, it is still a bit worse.

However, as a free zoo, it is already very good.

There is a downtown on the Mississippi River and a huge building called the Gateway Arch.

It's a landmark building, quite interesting, and it's right next to the downtown, so you can take a stroll.

4. It’s a 6-hour drive from Detroit. I went to meet friends and see the maple leaves in North America, so I stayed in Detroit for a few days.

It was said that the public security in downtown was not good, so I didn’t go.

But I didn’t go to the Ford car museum over there (because my husband is a car fan -_-||||, so I had to go to many car museums).

This is quite interesting, not only cars, but also a lot of furniture, large engines, trains, etc. You can visit it for half a day to a full day.