Depart from New York in the morning, cutting through the picturesque Garden State New Jersey and arriving at Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania, for a visit to State Museum and the state government building, which was made after the Saint Peter’s Cathedral in Rome. The tour continues to Columbus for the ancient vessel Santa Maria and the Center of Science and Industry. Stay overnight in Springfield.

Depart Springfield for Indianapolis in the morning. Tour the beautiful riverside trail, War Monument, the government building and Civil War Museum. Arrive in Chicago’s China Town, Michigan Avenue, Commodity Exchange building and so on.

Tour the world’s highest Sears tower for a bird’s eye view of Chicago, Navy Pier stores, Buckingham Fountain in Grant Park, water tower which is the living testimony to rebirth of Chicago, to be followed by a boat trip on Lake Michigan.

Chicago is the third largest city in the States. It is located in the middle of America, at the converging area between the world’s largest Lake Michigan and Chicago River. The summer is very hot while the winter is not that cold. It’s windy throughout the year, thus being dubbed a Wind City. It has large population of blacks and Jews.

Destroyed in a huge fire in 1871, the city was later reconstructed. All the different-shaped and colorful high rises of the new city have made it a museum of architecture. The number of sky scrappers in Chicago is next only to New York. The Sears Tower in the city center is the highest building in America with 110 floors reaching 443 meters into the sky.

Used to be “Mother of Industry” of America, Chicago is now home to numerous hi-tech corridors instead of outdated sunset industries. It is now dubbed Silicon Prairie of America. On 1 May 1886, hundreds of thousands of workers took to the street of Chicago to strike for the eight-hour work scheme. Both the International Labor Day on May 1 and the international Women’s Day on March 8 originate from this city, which has a glorious tradition of workers’ movements.

Tour Pittsburgh city area and international classroom of University of Pittsburgh. Take the cable car at the Triangle Park. Depart for New York in the afternoon for a wonderful conclusion of the trip.