Severe winter storm in rural Illinois coats everything with ice, leaving beauty in its dangerous wake

State Street in downtown Chicago, decked out for Christmas, including giant toy trains on top of the subway stairway entrances

Christmas tree, viewed through the Picasso sculpture in Chicago. The sculpture, which is located at Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago, was extremely controversial when it was first installed. People either loved it or hated it, and most fell on the side of hating it. But over time, Chicagoans grew to love it, and Picasso’s sculpture … Read more

Giant Christmas tree decorates Daley Plaza in downtown Chicago

Winter wonderland in Wilmington, Illinois, following the first snowfall of the year