Chicago After Dark

Chicago wears its history after dark better than almost any American city. The Prohibition-era crime, the disasters, and the ghost stories that grew out of both all land harder once the skyline is lit and the river goes black.

Our picks run that seam: a dark-history cruise on the Chicago River, gangsters-and-ghosts walks through the Loop, a costumed haunted pub crawl in Lincoln Park, an evening crime-and-mob bus tour, and a Prohibition speakeasy crawl through bars that have poured since the 1800s.

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