Chicago
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Chicago is the big city just south of Wisconsin, and these photographs come from three trips there. On July 26, 2018, I spent the afternoon at the Museum of Science and Industry, in Hyde Park, in the building put up for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. A United Boeing 727 is mounted high above its transportation gallery, and the Coal Mine, an exhibit since the museum opened in 1933, takes visitors down in a mine elevator. On June 14, 2025, I came through the Great Hall of Union Station around midday and took the Green Line from Clinton down to Rate Field, the White Sox ballpark, for Chicago’s celebration of Pope Leo XIV, the first pope from the city. On June 15, 2026, I had deep dish for lunch and walked out onto the Adams Street bridge over the Chicago River, where a water taxi and a tour boat were tied up along the banks. The rest of the time, Chicago is where my flights leave from: every international trip I have taken since 2018 has started at Chicago O’Hare.
Photos from Chicago
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A United 727 at the Museum of Science and Industry, in July 2018.
The Great Hall of Union Station, which opened in 1925, in June 2025.
Rate Field on June 14, 2025, the day Chicago celebrated Pope Leo XIV.