Buckingham Fountain is, according to some Chicagoans, the largest and best fountain in
                    the world. It probably isn't, but who needs an argument on this point? Any Chicagoan will
                    mention Buckingham Fountain with reverent tones usually reserved for descriptions of he
                    Vatican, the White House, or Buckingham Palace.
 
 

                    The fountain operates daily from May 1 to September 30, 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. with
                    major, no-holds barred, challenge-the-rainbows color displays from 9 to 10 p.m. For many
                    years, the display was hand operated from a control station beneath the fountain. Now it's
                    all done by computers, but it's still something to see. As a matter of fact, the fountain is
                    so beloved by Chicagoans that it is safe to say you haven't really visited Chicago until you
                    have looked at it at least once.