There are three trains - The Empire builder, The San Francisco Zephyr and the Southwest Limited running between the West Coast and the city of Chicago.

http://www.ehow.com/how_8810_around-chicago-cheap.html shows you how to travel on the cheap or with a budget around to the best spots here using the local Transport services available in the sprawling city of Chicago.

The tourists can access the city by a very well organized and connected network of buses and trains. In fact the best way to get around in Chicago is by public transport that is safe, cheap and efficient.

One can use the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) one of the nation's second largest bus service or the METRA rail system.

The so called "River North Gallery District" is located at the "Near North Side" in Chicago and is home to the maximum number of United State's art galleries outside Manhattan.

This place is located at the western part of Lasalle, Southern part of "Chicago Avenue", Eastern part of Orleans and north to the "Merchandise Mart". Some of the galleries located at this place include Addington Gallery, "Alan Koppel Gallery", "Andrew Bae Gallery", "Ann Nathan Gallery", Architectural Art Architect Gallery, Gallery KH, Jack Gallery, Habatat Galleries, Kass Meridian, Portals, Print works Gallery, Mongerson Galleries etc besides a huge number of other galleries.

If you are looking for additional information on these art galleries, please log on to the below mentioned websites:

http://art-collecting.com/galleries_il_chicago.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/River_North_Gallery_District,_Near_North_Side,_Chicago