Duo of haunted houses crawling with 3-D frights, ghouls & animatronics make nightmares come alive during suspenseful 45–55-minute treks

Award-winning theater company kicks off 15th season with Pulitzer Prize–nominated drama about two arms negotiators conversing in forest

Ferris wheel towers over famed Navy Pier promenade, with panoramas of Lake Michigan, Chicago skyline & Pier Park

Day or night fall festivities include hayrides, corn mazes, petting zoo & haunted house with 15 scary scenes stretched across 55 acres

Chicago-based jammers dazzle with virtuosic improvised prog-rock from new album Death By Stereo in acoustically excellent space

Mad scientists hijack 200 interactive exhibits at children's museum, where insane experiments-gone-wrong lurk & loom along 25-minut voyage

Savvy brewers impart art of brewing through hands-on classes in which students concoct 6-gallon batches of beer in two sessions

Educational event lets motorists snap photos with & drive three laps in opulent Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Bentleys & Aston Martins

Instructors lead groups of up to 4 in 45-minute lessons, with lunge lessons available for advanced riders

Actors-turned-monsters, animatronic apparitions & mini mazes spook families throughout newly renovated 12,000-sq.-ft. haunt