Chicago may be urban, Midwestern, hardworking. But it's not often celebrated for its lighter side on the east: a sparkling lake sprinkled with sailboats.
This is a northern view from the observation deck of the Sears Tower in Chicago.
In San Antonio, this tower weighs 80 million pounds, and has 952 steps to get to the top.
East of Soldier Field on Chicago Park District property, is Gold Star Families Memorial & Park.
Here the names of more than 500 Chicago Police killed in the line of duty are enshrined.
An uncle had told us that while in Kuala Lumpur we must visit the Menara Tower. We did it mainly for the views, but were nicely surprised with everything else we discovered.
The BT Tower is an iconic part of the skyline of London.
Hot chocolate, rowboats, strobe lights: a young Californian's weekend in Paris.
Don't be insulted. The massive animated portraits in Chicago's Millennium Park spit at you because they like you.
Art tourists come to Chicago to visit the city's best-known museum, the renowned Art Institute. But the architecture tourists have their own gallery.