Winnetka (/wᵻˈnɛtkə/) is a village in northern Cook County, Illinois, United States, located 16 miles north of downtown Chicago. The population was 12,187 at the 2010 census. In 2015, Winnetka was ranked the richest town in Illinois and the second richest in the United States (behind Scarsdale, New York).
Population: 12,187
Latitude: 42° 06' 29.09" N
Longitude: -87° 44' 9.24" W
Urban Prep Academies(also known as Urban Prep Charter Academy for Young Men or simply Urban Prep) is a nonprofit organization that operates a network of free open-enrollment public all-male college-preparatory high schools in Chicago. Founded in 200…
Superdawg is a drive-in hot dog stand with carhop service located at the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue, Devon Avenue, and Nagle Avenue in the Norwood Park neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. Superdawg has the distinction of being one of the few or…
St. Patrick High School is an all male college preparatory Catholic high school located in the Portage Park neighborhood on the northwest side of Chicago, Illinois. Opened in 1861, it is among the oldest continuously open high schools in the Chicago…
The Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum -- The Museum of the Chicago Academy of Sciences is a nature museum located in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1857, the museum, which opened in its present facility in October 1999, is located at the intersection of …
Our Lady of the Angels School was a Roman Catholic elementary and middle school located in the Humboldt Park section of Chicago, Illinois, United States.
One Magnificent Mile (or One Mag Mile) is a mixed-use high-rise tower completed in 1983 at the northern end of Michigan Avenue on the Magnificent Mile in Chicago containing upscale retailers on the ground floor, followed by office space above that a…
Notre Dame College Prep is a male-only Roman Catholic secondary school founded in Niles, Illinois in 1955 by the Congregation of Holy Cross. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
Elgin Area School District U46, often referred to as "U-46", is a unit school district headquartered in Elgin, Kane County, Illinois. Covering 90 square miles (230 km2), the district serves portions of eleven communities in the northwest suburbs of …
Howard is a station on the Chicago Transit Authority's 'L' system in Chicago, Illinois. It is the northern terminus of the Red Line and the southeastern terminus of the Yellow Line; it also serves the Purple Line, for which it is the southern termin…
Highwood is a city in Moraine Township, Lake County, Illinois, United States.
The Grand Victoria Casino Elgin is a riverboat casino in Elgin, Illinois, United States, located about 40 mi (64 km) west of Chicago. It is 50% owned and operated by RBG, LLP, a subsidiary of Hyatt, and 50% by a subsidiary of MGM Resorts Internation…
East Dundee is a village in Kane County with a small section in Cook County.
St. Viator High School is a Roman Catholic co-educational secondary school in Arlington Heights, Illinois. It serves as a college preparatory school with approximately nine-hundred and fifty students from the mid- and outer-northwest suburbs of Chic…
Poplar Creek Music Theater was a concert venue located in Hoffman Estates, Illinois from 1980 to 1994. The amphitheatre hosted a variety of popular musical acts during its 15-season existence.
New Trier Township is an affluent township located in the northeast corner of Cook County, Illinois, United States, north of Chicago.
There are 87 sites in the National Register of Historic Places listings in North Side Chicago, out of 348 listings in the City of Chicago.
Lincoln Park High School (LPHS) is a public 4-year high school located in the Lincoln Park neighborhood on the north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. The school's main present building opened in 1900. It is operated by Chicago Public School…
Humboldt Park is a 207-acre (84 ha) park located at 1400 North Sacramento Avenue, on the West Side of Chicago, Illinois.