MiddleWestReview

The dim innards of the abandoned and recently demolished First Energy power plant in Ashtabula, Ohio.

The past few summers, night sky photography has become increasingly difficult with some summers seeing smoke from May through September. This year, we made it to mid-July before the smoke moved in. My thoughts are with everyone in MN/Canada on the front lines of these fires and hope they get some significant rains to help improve the situation🙏🙏🙏 photo: Milky Way over the harbor, Isle Royale National Park

Old Mackinac Point Lighthouse 📸 Great Lakes Cities

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30 bygone Region institutions #NWIndiana #HistoricPlaces #RememberWhen #1" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">nwitimes.com/news/history/p… via @nwi

Summer in Chicago.

Congrats to @stuwhitney on the release of his new book on the legendary Coach Bob Burns, the Knute Rockne of the upper Midwest

After turning off the water at the Berger Fountain in 2018, Loring Park finally has the funding to bring its "dandelion fountain" back to life.

In case you are missing UChicago, here are some scenes from campus!

Orange You Glad Its Friday. Wildfires from Canada is the big topic in Chicago. View from Thursday of the "smoke show". #weather #chicago

Lansing to celebrate 100th anniversary of historic Ford Hangar #CalumetRegion #HistoricPlaces #HistoricBuildings #HistoricPreservation nwitimes.com/news/local/art… via @nwi

Smoke from a Distant Fire. This morning in Chicago as the Canadian wildfire smoke arrives. The look and smell are all around at sunrise today. #weather #chicago #news #ilwx

Grand Gardner Hotel opens, revives 1899 school as boutique lodging in Valparaiso #NWIndiana #HistoricBuilding #HistoricPreservation nwitimes.com/news/local/art… via @nwi

Ohio inventor Dominick Labino & U. of Wisc.-Mad. Professor Littleton created glass techniques for individual artists See the beautiful glass from the @columbusmuseum of Art at the Statehouse.  Don’t forget that Family Day: Ohio Inventors is July 29. ohiostatehouse.org/calendar/event…

There's a new novel out titled "Nebraska" penguinrandomhouse.com/books/808035/n…

While the number of indigenous language speakers decreases at an ever faster rate, organizations across the Midwest are working to document, teach and revive the indigenous languages that have been forced out of use for generations. midstory.org/reviving-a-los…

A writer and Hollywood producer does a tour of courthouses, including Mitchell and Deadwood in South Dakota along with Omaha, Chicago etc...and writes it all up for the London Review of Books @LRB the writer's name is James Lasdun lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/…

The floor of the Ohio Statehouse Rotunda is made up of thousands of pieces of marble. The four main colors featured in the mosaic are black, white, red and green. You can take home framed art of this amazing design by picking up a print available at Statehouse Museum Shop!

Spray and Pray. Getting wet while capturing moments during the Race to Mackinac in Chicago is not unusual. I decided to get a benefit of getting soaked by snapping this one. Love the colors in the water drops.