A cold winter rain slicks streets and sidewalks in the Chicago Loop

Naked trees are coated with ice and icicles after a winter ice storm in Wilmington, Illinois. This happens only rarely, and it requires weather conditions that begin with rain in temperatures above freezing, with a rapid drop in temperature that quick freezes the ice on all the plants.

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