I took the opportunity to go up the Compton Water Tower last full moon, and it was well worth the climb. It had been years since the last time, and I wanted to see it…
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Cedar Hill Mill sits on a location that has held a mill since 1847. The current mill was constructed by the Radeacker family. Perhaps the most striking aspect of this mill is its precarious setting…
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Shannon Howard, of NoCoSTL renown, alerted me to this amazing property in North County, which contains two historic log cabins built into its interior. It is the perfect house for someone who wants a piece…
Reminder: Walking Tour of South St. Louis Breweries Today at 2:00 PM
The tour will pass by the four major historic breweries in the Benton Park and Soulard neighborhoods. Meet at the entrance to the Anheuser-Busch Brewery parking lot.
Interior, Cathedral, Milan
The interior of Milan Cathedral is probably the darkest place I’ve ever tried to photograph; it is downright cavernous with minimal light. I hope these pictures give you some sense of the experience. Huge paintings…
Cathedral, Milan, Italy
Milan’s cathedral is a glorious pile of stone, a strange mix of the Gothic style, which never moved too terribly further south on such a grand scale, and other more Renaissance style motifs, such as…
A Room With A View, Urbino, Italy
I was in Urbino, Italy, last fall on business and snapped these three pictures out of my hotel window: once in the afternoon, once at dusk, and once the next morning before I left. What…
Firth of Forth Bridge, Scotland
The Nineteenth Century, in the midst of the Industrial Revolution, created some of the most iconic and innovative bridges of Western Civilization. While St. Louis pioneered the use of structural steel tubing in the construction…
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These two houses, one in buff brick, the other in red, jumped out at me recently in the northern portion of Benton Park West. They look identical, but the developer changed the front facade and…
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I wish I could go back in time and see what parts of St. Louis County looked like one hundred years ago, when large portions were out in the middle of nowhere. You would see…
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