Brilliant blue sky provides a gorgeous backdrop for frost-coated trees after a severe winter storm in Wilmington, Illinois. The strong winds and frigid temperatures combined to create crystals on the branches that appear to be nearly horizontal.
I can’t count the number of times I’ve looked at a building in Chicago and wondered about its history or wished I could see inside. Fortunately, one weekend each year, the Chicago Architecture Foundation makes that possible during Open House Chicago, a citywide architectural festival that offers free, behind-the-scenes access to more than 150 buildings … Read more
After a winter storm, ice coats branches of a tree in Wilmington, Illinois so thickly that they look like ice pine cones
Miniature white lights dress up barren winter trees in a plaza in downtown Chicago at night. Though this was photographed around Christmas, the lights are left up for much of the winter. Those who brave a visit to the Windy City in winter are rewarded by many such scenes.
A cold winter rain slicks streets and sidewalks in the Chicago Loop
