Gina’s Pies Are Square restaurant, Wilton, Wisconsin

Gina’s Pies Are Square restaurant, Wilton, Wisconsin

Wilton, Wisconsin — Customers order and eat lunch at Gina’s Pies Are Square, a cafe at 400 Main Street, not far from the Elroy-Sparta Trail, a 32-mile, three-tunnel bike trail that passes just north of the restaurant on the...

Mule-Hide roofing and shingles sign, Wilton, Wisconsin

Mule-Hide roofing and shingles sign, Wilton, Wisconsin

Wilton, Wisconsin — Sign for Mule-Hide roofing and shingles on the door of the old lumber yard in the 700 block of Main Street. The sign boasts that Mule-Hide is "stronger and lasts longer," and that there's "not a kick in a...

Mule-Hide roofing sign, old lumber yard, Wilton Wis.

Mule-Hide roofing sign, old lumber yard, Wilton Wis.

Wilton, Wisconsin — Sign for Mule-Hide roofing on the door of the old lumber yard in the 700 block of Main Street. Wilton Sash & Door Co. installed a new garage door in July 2011 but saved the old sign. The building is...

Elroy-Sparta State Bike Trail: Tunnel 1, Wilton, Wisconsin

Elroy-Sparta State Bike Trail: Tunnel 1, Wilton, Wisconsin

Wilton, Wisconsin — The east entrance to Tunnel 1 on the Elroy-Sparta Trail, the first Rails to Trails project in America. The 32-mile trail follows the abandoned Chicago & North Western Railroad bed and passes through...

Golden sky over Kenosha, Wisconsin

Golden sky over Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Sunset casts a dramatic golden light over cars on 18th Street, just east of 30th Avenue at Glenwood Crossings Shopping Center.

Coast Guard Station Kenosha, 1866 lighthouse

Coast Guard Station Kenosha, 1866 lighthouse

Kenosha, Wisconsin — At left, Coast Guard Station Aids to Navigation Team (STANT) Kenosha. At right, the 1866 Kenosha Southport Light. Both are situated on Simmons Island and are seen here across the water of Kenosha's...

Kenosha: Holiday Inn Express on the harbor

Kenosha: Holiday Inn Express on the harbor

Kenosha, Wisconsin — The Holiday Inn Express (now the Best Western Harborside Inn & Kenosha Conference Center) at the west end of Kenosha's harbor. The dramatic lighting in this photo is completely natural. Dark rain...

Holiday Inn Express, Kenosha harbor

Holiday Inn Express, Kenosha harbor

Kenosha, Wisconsin — The Holiday Inn Express at the west end of Kenosha's harbor. To the right of the hotel is the 50th Street bridge onto Simmons Island. [includeme...

Washington Park Velodrome flood, Kenosha

Washington Park Velodrome flood, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Floodwater fills Kenosha's Washington Park Velodrome (a.k.a. "Washington Bowl"). Pike Creek runs through the clearing in the distance. It and many other local waterways flooded in June 2000.[includeme...

Flooded Washington Bowl photo, Kenosha

Flooded Washington Bowl photo, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — A resident snaps a photo of flooding at the Washington Park Velodrome (a.k.a. "Washington Bowl"). Pike Creek runs through the clearing in the distance. It and many other local waterways flooded in June...

Amy with backyard lilacs

Amy with backyard lilacs

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Amy enjoying the fragrance of lilac flowers in my mom's backyard.

Wrigley Field red marquee sign: Home of Chicago Cubs

Wrigley Field red marquee sign: Home of Chicago Cubs

Chicago, Illinois — Famous red sign — the main entry marquee — reading "Wrigley Field: Home of Chicago Cubs" on N Clark St. at W Addison St. The art deco style marquee was installed circa 1934. The sign was blue until the...

Wrigley Field firehouse: Chicago Fire Department Engine 78

Wrigley Field firehouse: Chicago Fire Department Engine 78

Chicago, Illinois — Chicago Fire Department Engine 78 at 1052 W. Waveland Ave. (corner of W. Waveland Ave and N. Seminary Ave.), across the street from Wrigley Field's left field corner. Designed by architect Charles W....

Chicago skyline from Wrigley Field bleachers

Chicago skyline from Wrigley Field bleachers

Chicago, Illinois — Bleacher seats at Wrigley Field along Sheffield Avenue, with Chicago's skyline in the distance following a Chicago Cubs win over the Houston Astros. [includeme...

Wrigley Field, home of Chicago Cubs

Wrigley Field, home of Chicago Cubs

Chicago, Illinois — Wrigley Field, viewed from the corner of Clark and Addison streets at noon before a Chicago Cubs game against the Houston Astros.

Spanish-American War cannon, Kenosha

Spanish-American War cannon, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Cannon from the Spanish-American War (1898) in Eichelman Park, pointed out toward Lake Michigan. A 1939 photo of the same cannon can be found in the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections.[includeme...