Grain Elevator, Maquon, IL
As the full moon rises, it silhouettes the vintage grain elevator in Maquon, IL. Be sure to join me on Facebook – Twitter – Flickr
Vintage Motels Part 2
For part 2 of the Vintage Motels series, I figured I’d share a few interior photos of the various old motel rooms I’ve stayed in recently. Once again, these are from the Point Motel in Stevens Point, WI or the Motel Centralia in Centralia, IL. Here we are: This week I’ll also start a new [...]
Vintage Motels
In recent months, I’ve had the opportunity to spend the night in some interesting vintage motels around the Midwest. The first such occasion was at the Point Motel in Stevens Point, WI. It would’ve been a great, affordable place to stay if not for the lack of hot water in the room. My most recent vintage motel stay was in Centralia, IL at the Motel Centralia…
Green Bay Packers Ride
As a die-hard Chicago Bears fan, this pains me to put this photo up on the blog. But in honor of the Green Bay Packers Super Bowl win last night, I figured I’d show this photo today. This is from a trip to ‘da north woods’ back in November, found on the side streets of [...]
Landmark Bridges
On Chicago’s southwest side, in the McKinley Park neighborhood, stands historic bridges built by the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company for the Pennsylvania Railroad in 1901. The spans were designated an official Chicago Landmark by Mayor Daley on December 12th, 2007. The exotic design of these bridges is very unique, with two spans lifting to [...]
Bridges Over The Calumet
The Norfolk Southern’s bridges over the Calumet River stand tall against the sunset sky in South Chicago, IL. The only span in the photo to still have an active railroad on it is the bridge on the left, which carries NS’s Chicago mainline towards Englewood and the BRC, and is quite busy. From left to [...]
Waking Hampshire
I’ve had the lid on this photo for quite some time, and I’m not sure why. To be honest, I guess I forgot about it. It’s easy to forget a time when you stood in the middle of a towns main street on a ladder for over an hour, apparently. Anyway, this is what downtown [...]
Storms Over Ashkum
Friday night I was out in the country south of Chicago, looking for stuff to light up with my strobes. I wasn’t having a hard time find neat stuff to light up, as I was in one of my favorite small towns in the area, Ashkum, IL. Ashkum as a neat little downtown area along [...]
It’s In The Details
Last week I went out for a couple of afternoons of shooting freight car details. I’m still not really sure why, but I think some of them came out pretty neat. I thought I’d put a few of them really big on here as to bring out some of the gritty, grimy details that I [...]
