Valois

A Kenwood park with a playground, sandbox and a four-sprayer water feature.

A museum big enough to swallow a whole submarine, with a whole corner, the Idea Factory, built low to the ground for toddlers who are not ready for the submarine yet.

A 167-room hotel on the University of Chicago campus in Hyde Park, overlooking the Midway Plaisance, an easy walk from the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry.

A South Side museum of African American history and culture, with free admission on Wednesdays and the first Friday of each month, and children six and under always free.