Photo of the Week: Picasso Was Here! House

two-story gray house, half-painted with pink sits on an overgrown green lawn in downtown Plymouth.

I didn’t know the backstory behind the house in downtown Plymouth, Michigan, but the pink colored house sure caught my attention as I traveled into the downtown area. With the handwritten bright pink “Picasso Was Here!“ sign on the front lawn, you can’t miss the house on Ann Arbor Trail, a couple blocks east of… Continue reading Photo of the Week: Picasso Was Here! House

Photo of the Week: Teller’s of Hyde Park in Cincinnati

front of Hyde Park Savings Bank, with green canopy Teller's sign over the front entryway

When I looked down the street from our parking spot in Hyde Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, I quickly noticed the unmistakable tall columns of a bank building.

You’ve probably seen them as well in older communities.

Banks built in the United States in the 1800’s and early 1900’s often included tall columns in the front facade, influenced by Greek and Roman architecture.

I noticed the building still had the words “Hyde Park Savings Bank” engraved at the top.

But it was no longer a bank. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Teller’s of Hyde Park in Cincinnati

Photo of the Week: Muskegon’s Hackley Public Library

Romanesque granite building with turret, trimmed in red sandstone

If you’ve been following my blog for a while, you know I love libraries.

Whether to find a new book to read, attend local events, or buy books at the library friends’ used book sale, you can’t keep me away from the library.

And when I travel to a new city or town, I always make time to visit their library.

Last week, that meant visiting the beautiful Hackley Public Library in downtown Muskegon, Michigan. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Muskegon’s Hackley Public Library