1 |
Playboy |
18,206 |
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2 |
MapQuest |
7,168 |
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3 |
Saint Valentine's Day massacre |
4,492 |
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4 |
Eliot Ness |
3,998 |
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5 |
Softball |
2,983 |
 |
6 |
Outlaws Motorcycle Club |
2,808 |
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7 |
Chicago Outfit |
2,206 |
 |
8 |
Weather Underground (organization) |
2,135 |
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9 |
World's Columbian Exposition |
2,069 |
 |
10 |
Great Chicago Fire |
2,057 |
 |
11 |
Chess Records |
1,869 |
 |
12 |
McKinsey & Company |
1,772 |
 |
13 |
Haymarket affair |
1,641 |
 |
14 |
American Airlines Flight 191 |
1,216 |
 |
15 |
Mercury Records |
1,170 |
 |
16 |
Mickey Finn (drugs) |
1,064 |
 |
17 |
Origin of the name "Windy City" |
1,019 |
 |
18 |
McDonald v. Chicago |
915 |
 |
19 |
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway |
895 |
 |
20 |
Schwinn Bicycle Company |
855 |
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21 |
Hull House |
821 |
 |
22 |
Chicago Seven |
691 |
 |
23 |
The Devil in the White City |
621 |
 |
24 |
Marshall Field's |
578 |
 |
25 |
Potawatomi |
560 |
 |
26 |
History of Chicago |
517 |
 |
27 |
Fred Hampton |
489 |
 |
28 |
Allium tricoccum |
442 |
 |
29 |
Grant Park (Chicago) |
414 |
 |
30 |
North Side Gang |
393 |
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31 |
Western Electric |
361 |
 |
32 |
Century of Progress |
348 |
 |
33 |
Union Stock Yards |
331 |
 |
34 |
Lincoln Logs |
321 |
 |
35 |
MCA Inc. |
314 |
 |
36 |
Iroquois Theatre fire |
303 |
 |
37 |
Ameritech |
295 |
 |
38 |
SS Eastland |
287 |
 |
39 |
Spalding (sports equipment) |
261 |
 |
40 |
Our Lady of the Angels School fire |
259 |
 |
41 |
Bubbly Creek |
254 |
 |
42 |
Jean Baptiste Point du Sable |
252 |
 |
43 |
Parliament of the World's Religions |
227 |
 |
44 |
CBBS |
218 |
 |
45 |
1995 Chicago heat wave |
213 |
 |
46 |
Jazz (word) |
204 |
 |
47 |
Kay Musical Instrument Company |
203 |
 |
48 |
Gustavus Franklin Swift |
196 |
 |
49 |
SS Christopher Columbus |
192 |
 |
50 |
Malachi Ritscher |
189 |
 |
51 |
Political history of Chicago |
188 |
 |
52 |
G. D. Searle & Company |
186 |
 |
53 |
Chicago Race Riot of 1919 |
183 |
 |
54 |
Frank J. Wilson |
183 |
 |
55 |
Suave |
182 |
 |
56 |
Frango |
175 |
 |
57 |
Armour and Company |
174 |
 |
58 |
Poles in Chicago |
172 |
 |
59 |
Fort Dearborn |
169 |
 |
60 |
Bethel University (Minnesota) |
169 |
 |
61 |
Cook County Democratic Organization |
167 |
 |
62 |
America First Committee |
165 |
 |
63 |
United Airlines Flight 553 |
148 |
 |
64 |
Billy Goat Tavern |
144 |
 |
65 |
West Side Park |
141 |
 |
66 |
Burnham Plan |
133 |
 |
67 |
American Flyer |
130 |
 |
68 |
Battle of Fort Dearborn |
125 |
 |
69 |
Blackstone Hotel |
125 |
 |
70 |
Days of Rage |
122 |
 |
71 |
History of African Americans in Chicago |
119 |
 |
72 |
Camp Douglas (Chicago) |
118 |
 |
73 |
Chicago Tunnel Company |
117 |
 |
74 |
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company |
106 |
 |
75 |
Fleetwood Mac in Chicago/Blues Jam in Chicago, Vols. 1–2 |
102 |
 |
76 |
Chicago Flood |
100 |
 |
77 |
USS Silversides (SS-236) |
98 |
 |
78 |
Leaf International |
98 |
 |
79 |
Chicago Portage |
97 |
 |
80 |
Hell's Lovers |
95 |
 |
81 |
Philip Danforth Armour |
93 |
 |
82 |
Spiegel (catalog) |
92 |
 |
83 |
History of the Encyclopædia Britannica |
90 |
 |
84 |
First Chicago Bank |
88 |
 |
85 |
Chicago Imagists |
86 |
 |
86 |
Calumet Baking Powder Company |
85 |
 |
87 |
Stateway Gardens |
83 |
 |
88 |
1968 Chicago riots |
75 |
 |
89 |
Terry Robbins |
74 |
 |
90 |
Quarantine Speech |
72 |
 |
91 |
The Berghoff (restaurant) |
72 |
 |
92 |
United Airlines Flight 389 |
72 |
 |
93 |
2003 Chicago balcony collapse |
72 |
 |
94 |
Selig Polyscope Company |
71 |
 |
95 |
Stromberg-Carlson |
71 |
 |
96 |
USS Wolverine (IX-64) |
70 |
 |
97 |
Mirth & Girth |
70 |
 |
98 |
National Socialist Party of America |
69 |
 |
99 |
Memorial Day massacre of 1937 |
69 |
 |
100 |
Terminiello v. Chicago |
68 |
 |
101 |
E. Urner Goodman |
67 |
 |
102 |
Everleigh Club |
66 |
 |
103 |
Chicago American Giants |
63 |
 |
104 |
Chicago Freedom Movement |
57 |
 |
105 |
1977 Chicago Loop derailment |
57 |
 |
106 |
1972 Chicago commuter rail crash |
56 |
 |
107 |
1884 Republican National Convention |
56 |
 |
108 |
William Wells (soldier) |
55 |
 |
109 |
USS Sable (IX-81) |
55 |
 |
110 |
Marquette Park, Chicago |
54 |
 |
111 |
The Strenuous Life |
53 |
 |
112 |
Wingfoot Air Express Crash |
52 |
 |
113 |
Big Bertha (drum) |
50 |
 |
114 |
Sky Ride |
50 |
 |
115 |
Wolf Point, Chicago |
49 |
 |
116 |
PS Lady Elgin |
47 |
 |
117 |
Raising of Chicago |
47 |
 |
118 |
Hyde Park Township, Cook County, Illinois |
45 |
 |
119 |
1884 Democratic National Convention |
45 |
 |
120 |
Division Street Riots |
44 |
 |
121 |
How to Speak Hip |
43 |
 |
122 |
Lager Beer Riot |
41 |
 |
123 |
History of Wrigley Field |
40 |
 |
124 |
Railway Mail Service |
39 |
 |
125 |
Chicago Housing Authority Police Department |
39 |
 |
126 |
1888 Republican National Convention |
39 |
 |
127 |
Burnham and Root |
38 |
 |
128 |
Chicago Crime Commission |
37 |
 |
129 |
George Streeter |
36 |
 |
130 |
Black Motor Company |
36 |
 |
131 |
American Licorice Company |
36 |
 |
132 |
Timeline of Chicago history |
36 |
 |
133 |
Rouse Simmons |
35 |
 |
134 |
Young Patriots Organization |
33 |
 |
135 |
Chicago Railroad Fair |
33 |
 |
136 |
Improv Institute |
33 |
 |
137 |
Plochman's |
33 |
 |
138 |
Mills Novelty Company |
32 |
 |
139 |
Whitcomb Locomotive Works |
30 |
 |
140 |
Izaak Walton League |
30 |
 |
141 |
Regal Musical Instrument Company |
30 |
 |
142 |
American Conservatory of Music |
30 |
 |
143 |
Winamac |
30 |
 |
144 |
Chicago Blizzard of 1979 |
30 |
 |
145 |
History of the University of Chicago |
30 |
 |
146 |
Etymologies of place names in Chicago, Illinois |
28 |
 |
147 |
Paul Cornell (lawyer) |
27 |
 |
148 |
Expo: Magic of the White City |
27 |
 |
149 |
ChicagoFest |
26 |
 |
150 |
Wigwam (Chicago) |
26 |
 |
151 |
History of Northwestern University |
26 |
 |
152 |
Pineapple Primary |
25 |
 |
153 |
Dodge Chicago Plant |
25 |
 |
154 |
Metropolitan West Side Elevated Railroad |
25 |
 |
155 |
J. Ogden Armour |
24 |
 |
156 |
South Side Elevated Railroad |
24 |
 |
157 |
John Kinzie |
23 |
 |
158 |
Compass Players |
23 |
 |
159 |
1968 Special Olympics World Summer Games |
23 |
 |
160 |
John H. Kinzie |
23 |
 |
161 |
Morris & Company |
23 |
 |
162 |
D. H. Burnham & Company |
23 |
 |
163 |
Coalition of Labor Union Women |
23 |
 |
164 |
Kellogg Switchboard & Supply Company |
23 |
 |
165 |
Polonia Triangle |
23 |
 |
166 |
Blueprint for Disaster: The Unraveling of Chicago Public Housing |
23 |
 |
167 |
Chicago 1885 cholera epidemic myth |
22 |
 |
168 |
Lindauer Brothers Company |
22 |
 |
169 |
Frank W. Gunsaulus |
22 |
 |
170 |
Mather Stock Car Company |
21 |
 |
171 |
Aldermen's Wars |
21 |
 |
172 |
Chicago Union Stock Yards fire |
20 |
 |
173 |
Terra Museum |
20 |
 |
174 |
John M. Pratt |
20 |
 |
175 |
Chicago Plan Commission |
19 |
 |
176 |
Chicago film industry |
19 |
 |
177 |
Gray Wolves (Chicago) |
19 |
 |
178 |
Northwestern Elevated Railroad |
19 |
 |
179 |
Elizabeth Harrison (educator) |
19 |
 |
180 |
Polk Brothers |
18 |
 |
181 |
Lake Street Elevated Railroad |
18 |
 |
182 |
John Whistler |
17 |
 |
183 |
Richard T. Crane |
17 |
 |
184 |
1905 Chicago Teamsters' strike |
17 |
 |
185 |
Chicago Times-Herald race |
17 |
 |
186 |
Chicago Butter and Egg Board |
16 |
 |
187 |
The Levee |
15 |
 |
188 |
Gormully & Jeffery |
15 |
 |
189 |
Simon Pokagon |
15 |
 |
190 |
Friar's Inn |
15 |
 |
191 |
Association of Real Estate Taxpayers |
15 |
 |
192 |
Hampton House (Chicago, Illinois) |
15 |
 |
193 |
National Party (United States) |
15 |
 |
194 |
David Leavitt (banker) |
15 |
 |
195 |
Mark Williams Company |
14 |
 |
196 |
Juliette Augusta Magill Kinzie |
14 |
 |
197 |
Secret Six (Chicago) |
14 |
 |
198 |
Interfaith Worker Justice |
14 |
 |
199 |
Balaban and Katz |
14 |
 |
200 |
Chicago Bicycle Company |
14 |
 |
201 |
Chicago Motor Club |
14 |
 |
202 |
Operation Silver Shovel |
14 |
 |
203 |
Encyclopedia of Chicago |
14 |
 |
204 |
Defiant Theatre |
13 |
 |
205 |
William W. Boyington |
13 |
 |
206 |
Rambler (bicycle) |
13 |
 |
207 |
City Club of Chicago |
13 |
 |
208 |
Chicago Beach Hotel |
13 |
 |
209 |
Sauganash Hotel |
13 |
 |
210 |
Chinaman (politics) |
13 |
 |
211 |
Manhattan Brewing Company of Chicago |
13 |
 |
212 |
Forgotten Chicago |
13 |
 |
213 |
George Hancock (softball) |
12 |
 |
214 |
Lords of the Levee |
12 |
 |
215 |
Kroch's and Brentano's |
12 |
 |
216 |
James E. Bistor |
12 |
 |
217 |
Robert Roth (activist) |
12 |
 |
218 |
Chicago 21 Plan |
12 |
 |
219 |
1976 Wincrest Nursing Home fire |
11 |
 |
220 |
Wabash Avenue YMCA |
11 |
 |
221 |
Maine State Building |
11 |
 |
222 |
Antoine Ouilmette |
11 |
 |
223 |
Hafner Manufacturing Company |
10 |
 |
224 |
Pioneer (locomotive) |
10 |
 |
225 |
Bush (1916 automobile) |
10 |
 |
226 |
2006 Chicago Big Box Ordinance |
10 |
 |
227 |
Stewart-Warner |
9 |
 |
228 |
Coey |
9 |
 |
229 |
Partin Manufacturing Company (automobile company) |
9 |
 |
230 |
The Fair Store |
9 |
 |
231 |
Kwanusila |
9 |
 |
232 |
Amasa Wright |
9 |
 |
233 |
John Kinzie Clark |
9 |
 |
234 |
Daniel Burnham Memorial Competition (Chicago) |
9 |
 |
235 |
Luna Park, Chicago |
9 |
 |
236 |
Hewitt-Lindstrom (automobile) |
8 |
 |
237 |
Illinois Technical College |
8 |
 |
238 |
Merle Reskin Theatre |
8 |
 |
239 |
Smokie Joe's |
8 |
 |
240 |
Haugan & Lindgren |
8 |
 |
241 |
1896 Eastern North America heat wave |
8 |
 |
242 |
The Marigold Bowl and Arcade |
7 |
 |
243 |
Tower Town |
7 |
 |
244 |
Mission of the Guardian Angel |
7 |
 |
245 |
Jean La Lime |
6 |
 |
246 |
Cities and Villages Act of 1872 |
6 |
 |
247 |
John H. Kedzie |
6 |
 |
248 |
Parmalee Transfer Company |
6 |
 |
249 |
Brooks K. Mould |
6 |
 |
250 |
John T. Shayne & Company |
less than 5 views |
|
251 |
Fuhrman and Forster Company |
less than 5 views |
|
252 |
Staver |
less than 5 views |
|
253 |
Fred & Harry Van Orman, Inc. |
less than 5 views |
|
254 |
Clarence Lieder |
less than 5 views |
|
255 |
Merchants Club |
less than 5 views |
|
256 |
O'Connor's Gunners |
less than 5 views |
|
257 |
Hyde Park House |
less than 5 views |
|
258 |
Sisson Hotel |
less than 5 views |
|
259 |
Fort of Chicago |
less than 5 views |
|
260 |
Weatherman actions |
less than 5 views |
|
261 |
Bush Conservatory of Music |
less than 5 views |
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