chassant-reverie:

GREEN THEY TURNED IT GREEN I love Chicago.

(Source: sarahedoyle)

rebeccaprus:

Back in Chicago, baby!

Alaska - More than half of the coastline of the entire United States is in Alaska

The Amazon Rainforest produces more than 20% of the world’s oxygen supply.

The Amazon River pushes so much water into the Atlantic Ocean that, more than 100 miles at sea off the mouth of the river, one can dip fresh water out of the ocean. The volume of water in the Amazon River is greater than the next eight largest rivers in the world combined & three times the flow of all the rivers in the United States.

Antartica is the only land on our planet that is not owned by any country… 90% of the world’s ice covers Antarctica. This ice also represents 70% of all the fresh water in the world. As strange as it sounds, however, Antarctica is essentially a desert; the average yearly total precipitation is about two inches. Although covered with ice (all but 0.4% of it, ice.), Antarctica is the driest place on the planet. With an absolute humidity lower than the Gobi desert.

Brazil got it’s name from the Nut, not the other way around

Canada has more lakes than the rest of the world combined. Canada is an Indian word meaning ‘Big Village.’

Chicago - next to Warsaw, Chicago has the largest Polish population in the world.

Detroit - Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, carries the designation M-1, So named because it was the first paved road anywhere.

Damascus, Syria was flourishing a couple of thousand years before Rome was founded in 753 BC, making it the oldest continuously inhabited city in existence.

Istanbul, Turkeyis the only city in the world located in two continents

Los Angeles’ full name is El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula - and can be abbreviated to 3.63% of its size: L.A.

New York City - the term ‘The Big Apple’ was coined by touring Jazz musician of the 1930s who used the slang expression ‘apple for any town of city. Therefore, to play New York City Is to play the big time - The Big Apple.

There are more Irish in New York City than in Dublin, Ireland; more Italians in New York City than in Rome, Italy; and more Jews in New York City than in Tel Aviv, Israel .

Ohio - There are no natural lakes in the state of Ohio, every one is man-made.

Pitcairn - The smallest island with country status is Pitcairn, in Polynesia, at just 1.75 sq. Miles/4,53 sq. Km.

Rome - The first city to reach a population of 1 million people was Rome, Italy in 133 B.C. There is a city called Rome on every continent.

Siberia contains more than 25% of the world’s forests.

S.M.O.M. - The actual smallest sovereign entity in the world is the Sovereign Military Order of Malta (S.M.O.M). It is located in the city of Rome , Italy, has an area of two tennis courts and, as of 2001, has a population of 80 — 20 less people than the Vatican… It is a sovereign entity under international law, just as the Vatican is.

Sahara Desert - In the Sahara Desert, there is a town named Tidikelt, Algeria, which did not receive a drop of rain for ten years. Technically though, the driest place on Earth is in the valleys of the Antarctic near Ross Island. There has been no rainfall there for two million years.

Spain literally means ‘the land of rabbits’.

St. Paul, Minnesota was originally called Pig’s Eye after a man named Pierre ‘Pig’s Eye’ Parrant who set up the first business there.

United States - The Eisenhower interstate system requires that one mile in every five must be straight. These straight sections are usable as airstrips in times of war or other emergencies.

Navy Pier, Chicago

kari-shma:

Chicago (by cmozz)

theworldwelivein:

Chicago sunset (by cmozz)

opcion:

Chicago’s Frozen Shadows (by mreioval)

kari-shma:

Cloud gate (by cmozz)

The lights of Chicago International Walkway #Chicago #travel  

Photo by Bahman Farzad

Reflections of Buildings in Buildings - #Chicago #ttot

Photo by Manuel.A.69