Choose From Eight Fun Treks!
Explore Chicago’s neighborhoods while playing SCVNGR, a free game for your mobile phone! Choose a trek below and do the challenges in these treks to unlock Chicago Badges.
NEW for Summer 2011: From gelato and Italian ice, to ice cream and sorbet, you'll have a delicious time on our new Brain Freeze Trek, developed in partnership with Time Out Chicago Kids. Also new this summer are the Explore Chinatown, Lincoln Square, and Wicker Park Treks, which will send you off in search of hidden neighborhood gems. Try a challenge today!
Sample ice cream, gelato, sorbet and Italian ices in neighborhoods all over the city while playing this fun trek, developed by Time Out Chicago Kids and ExploreChicago.org!
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Explore Wicker Park's history, its chic boutiques, and its alternative, artistic style on Explore Chicago's fun, interactive trek.
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Explore Chinatown, a rich tapestry of restaurants, businesses and shops, and experience a whole different world without ever leaving Chicago.
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Explore Chicago's Lincoln Square neighborhood on a trek that will help you discover its Old World Charm and its hip urban boutiques and retailers!
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From Kanye West to D.J. Frankie Knuckles, WILCO to The Smashing Pumpkins, the Explore Chicago Music trek for SCVNGR, a free game for your mobile phone, will take you on a whirlwind tour of Chicago’s neighborhoods while you pay homage to unforgettable artists and songs. Re-shoot iconic album covers, check-in at clubs, test your mettle with music trivia and discover hidden facts.
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Eat your way through Chicago’s neighborhoods while playing the Explore Chicago Taco Trek for SCVNGR! Discover authentic taquerias in Pilsen and devour freshly-made tortillas in Little Village! Visit the affordable outposts of some of Chicago’s top chefs and restauranteurs, or satisfy a late-night craving at a 24-hour taco restaurant in Bucktown. For even more neighborhood dining listings, browse our neighborhood guides.
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Join Explore Chicago and WTTW Chicago’s Biking the Boulevards with Geoffrey Baer, a public television special, for a bike ride through Chicago! Play the Bike the Boulevards Trek for SCVNGR and ride along broad, tree-shaded streets that form a magnificent, 28-mile long circle around the city. These thoroughfares will carry you away the lakefront, to the lesser-known parks and often-overlooked neighborhoods at the heart of Chicago’s South, West, and North Sides. Take in the sights, discover the history, and watch Biking the Boulevards online at www.wttw.com/bikingtheboulevards For dining suggestions along your route, browse Explore Chicago’s neighborhood pages.
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Take photographs and uncover behind-the-scenes facts while playing the interactive Explore Millennium Park trek for SCVNGR, a free game for your mobile phone! Millennium Park is an award-winning center for art, music, architecture and landscape design that hosts over a hundred free concerts and events each year. For information on park events, visit MillenniumPark.org.
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