PHOTO: Theater District in Downtown Chicago
Theater District in downtown Chicago on a gray, wintry day
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PHOTO: Squirrel at Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois
This photo of squirrel enjoying a winter snack was taken at Morton Arboretum in Lisle, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. The public garden was founded in 1922 by Joy Morton, who is best known as the founder of the famous Morton Salt Company. Lesser known is the fact that Joy’s father, J. Sterling Morton, was … Read more
PHOTO: McCormick-Tribune Skating Rink in Downtown Chicago
Skaters take advantage of mild winter weather to glide around McCormick-Tribune Skating Rink in Millennium Park in downtown Chicago
PHOTO: “The Bean” Sculpture, One of Chicago’s Top Tourist Attractions
Visitors to Chicago are fascinated by the highly polished surface of “The Bean” sculpture in Millennium Park. The actual title of the piece by by British artist Sir Anish Kapoor is “Cloud Gate,” however from the moment it was installed, Chicagoan’s dubbed it “The Bean” for its resemblance to a coffee bean. Though most visit … Read more
Everything You Think You Know About the Vikings is Wrong
Close your eyes and picture a Viking. Most likely, you envisioned a axe-wielding, muscle-bound man clad in filthy animal skins, wearing a metal helmet with pointed horns protruding from each side. As I learned recently at a behind-the-scenes preview of the new Vikings exhibition at Chicago’s Field Museum, this stereotype couldn’t be further from the … Read more
