The Sutro Tower broadcast tower exists to make sure every little nook and cranny of the San Francisco bay area has their opportunity to watch American Idol.
Viewed from the San Bruno Mountain Ridge Trail.
A soldier in period costume fires a replica musket. The smell of gunpower and the original setting helps the immagination go back to the times of pirates and invaders.
With over 400 steps to climb, thank goodness there's at least a view from the windows and platform levels of Giotto's Bell Tower in Florence. The campanile of the Palazzo Vecchio stands proud in the distance.
The outside of my favorite art museum in the world - the Art Institute of Chicago.
Detail of a beautiful fountain in the courtyard of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Relaxing along the shore of Lake Michigan in a section of Lincoln Park, Chicago.
Boats parked at the harbor at Lincoln Park, Chicago.
I just loved the architecture inside of the Field Museum in Chicago.
People cooling off at Crown Fountain in Millennium Park, Chicago.
On a hot day in Chicago, hundreds come to Millennium Park to cool off in Crown Fountain.