The Rookery. Burnham and Root. Completed in 1888. Frank Lloyd Wright redesigned the skylit lobby in 1905.

Flickr is almost certainly the best online photo management and sharing application in the world. Show off your favorite photos and videos to the world, securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos you take with a cameraphone.

Buckingham Fountain Chicago, IL HDR

The Palmer House Hilton is a famous and historic hotel in downtown Chicago.

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On this day in 1871, flames spark in the Chicago barn of Patrick and Catherine O'Leary, igniting a two-day blaze that kills between 200 and 300 people, destroys 17,450 buildings, leaves 100,000 homeless and causes an estimated $200 million (in 1871 dollars; $3 billion in 2007 dollars) in damages. Legend has it that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O'Leary barn and started the fire, but other theories hold that humans or even a comet may have been responsible for the event that left four…

As At Home, So Goes The President? -- SFGate Sometimes you can tell how people will manage things at work by how they live at home. Are they fussy? Sloppy? Organized? Do they let the papers overflow the floor and the plants die? Do the neighbors hate them? Maybe — just maybe — there are a few interesting things to learn from the multimillion-dollar homes of Barack Obama and John McCain. I roamed their neighborhoods and went to their front porches while gathering material for profiles I wrote…

Shedd Aquarium Chicago, IL This photo was taken on June 23rd, the night of the full "supermoon." Shedd Aquarium boasts 1500 species of critters living in 5 million gallons of water. It opened in 1930 and is one of the most popular cultural attractions in Chicago, with 2 million visitors annually. One of my absolute favorite places to visit in Chicago!

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