Thank you for smoking

Illinois Centennial Monument, Logan Square, Chicago

Mural, East Side, Chicago

First sight of a full moon, Lake Michigan

Future path of the Red Line extension, Roseland

Men's hotel turned condo, Humboldt Park, Chicago

Buffalo does love Canada.

bear statue by peter toch, drummond, wisconsin, 1988

Abraham Lincoln in front of a Walgreens, Lincoln Square, Chicago

Point O Eight Bar & Grill Dorchester, WI

Masonic emblem in Eris Brewery, Irving Park, which occupies an old Masonic hall.

Busy independent bookstore, Rogers Park, Chicago

Taft High School, the inspiration for Rydell High in Grease.

Old vs. new Happy Foods mural, Edgebrook, Chicago

mcgregor pharmacy sign, main street, mcgregor, iowa, 2003

maxie-world's largest goose, sumner, missouri, 1988

Vacant lots, Englewood, Chicago

Weather just isn't the same without Tom Skilling. Tom Skilling didn't become famous because of the weather; the weather became famous because of Tom Skilling.

The original name of the Howard 'L' stop.

The alley is in Chicago. The cemetery is in Evanston. #northofhoward

Rep. Haley Stevens has a great Michigan accent.

caveman statue, dinosaur gardens, route 23, ossineke, michigan, 1988

Icarus mural across from Chicago City Hall

Mural telling the story of Naperville, the suburb everyone loves to hate.

Douglas Park Cafe, West Garfield Park, Chicago

The Three Stooges on Route 66, Ogden Avenue, Chicago

Abraham Lincoln is the most written about person after Jesus Christ -- 15,000 books and counting.

Paul Bunyan and wife, Brainerd, Minnesota

A visit to Lincolwood Town Center, deadmall closing this year. I bought a shirt at Old Navy.

It's pronounced "Troop Street." That's how the late Mr. Throop said it.

My local, Rogers Park, Chicago

The jibarito, a Chicago-born sandwich that substitutes plantains for bread. At Cafe Central.

American Giants, Atlanta, Illinois

Swan boats, Humboldt Park lagoon, Chicago

Sidewalk art, Humboldt Park, Chicago

Jibarito stand, Humboldt Park, Chicago

Puerto Rican flag, Humboldt Park, Chicago

Public toilet Lehr, ND

The Paul R. Tregurtha, the Queen of the Lakes, is the longest Great Lakes freighter at 1,013 feet.

That's right, it's pop.

Literati Books, which replaced Borders as Ann Arbor's flagship bookstore.

Memorial to Peaches, an Edgewater street person

FIBS in this case does not mean lies.

Seen under an 'L' viaduct

Grave of Robert Reed, Skokie, Illinois

Lincoln-Douglas Debate monument, Jonesboro, Illinois

Competing coney islands, Detroit

Flint's #1 coney island

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Detroit coney vs. Flint coney. I like Flint, because it's not runny.