The Wandering Scot

An occasional travel journal.

Toronto - Chicago 2019

  Niagara Falls   Hamilton   Detroit   Grand Rapids   Chicago
A road trip from Toronto, past Niagara Falls, through Detroit to Chicago.

Niagara Falls

Niagara Falls Helicopter Tour

Canadian Falls, Niagara Falls Helicopter Tour, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Canadian Falls
American Falls, Niagara Falls Helicopter Tour, Toronto - Chicago 2019
American Falls
Hydro power plant, Niagara Falls Helicopter Tour, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Hydro power plant

Niagara Whirlpool - Cable Car ride

An agitated water area downstream from the falls, sometimes forming strong whirlpools.
Cable car station, Niagara Whirlpool - Cable Car ride, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Cable car station

Skylon Tower

Skylon Tower, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Skylon Tower
Canadian Falls from Skylon Tower, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Canadian Falls from Skylon Tower
American Falls from Skylon Tower, Toronto - Chicago 2019
American Falls from Skylon Tower

Ground level views

Visitor Center, Ground level views, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Visitor Center
View to American falls, Ground level views, Toronto - Chicago 2019
View to American falls
American Falls, Ground level views, Toronto - Chicago 2019
American Falls
Canadian Falls, Ground level views, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Canadian Falls
View from the tunnels under the Canadian falls, Ground level views, Toronto - Chicago 2019
View from the tunnels under the Canadian falls
Above the Falls, Ground level views, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Above the Falls

"Under the Falls" tour

Around Niagara

Tesla statue, Around Niagara, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Tesla statue
View from the Marriot on the Falls, Around Niagara, Toronto - Chicago 2019
View from the Marriot on the Falls
Nighttime view, Around Niagara, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Nighttime view
Nighttime view, Around Niagara, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Nighttime view

Hamilton

The old Hamilton Waterworks, near Toronto, was used for some recurring scenery in the Murdoch Mysteries TV series.
Station House No. 4 It acquires three extra stories in the TV i, Hamilton, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Station House No. 4
It acquires three extra stories in the TV images!
The Morgue, Hamilton, Toronto - Chicago 2019
The Morgue
Morgue rear view, Hamilton, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Morgue rear view

Detroit

Downtown Detroit

View across Detroit river to Canada, Downtown Detroit, Toronto - Chicago 2019
View across Detroit river to Canada
Misty Renaissance Center, Downtown Detroit, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Misty Renaissance Center
Hart Plaza: "Pylon", Downtown Detroit, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Hart Plaza: "Pylon"
"Spirit of Detroit" at City Hall, Downtown Detroit, Toronto - Chicago 2019
"Spirit of Detroit" at City Hall
Labor Movement monument "Transcending", Downtown Detroit, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Labor Movement monument "Transcending"
Joe Louis monument, Downtown Detroit, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Joe Louis monument
Joe Louis monument, Downtown Detroit, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Joe Louis monument
Detroit Historical Museum, Downtown Detroit, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Detroit Historical Museum
Detroit Historical Museum, Downtown Detroit, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Detroit Historical Museum

Detroit: The Guardian Building

The 1929 Art Deco Guardian Building, Detroit: The Guardian Building, Toronto - Chicago 2019
The 1929 Art Deco Guardian Building
Over-the-top Art Deco Lobby, Detroit: The Guardian Building, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Over-the-top Art Deco Lobby
Art Deco elevator lobby, Detroit: The Guardian Building, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Art Deco elevator lobby
Guardian: Banking Hall, Detroit: The Guardian Building, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Guardian: Banking Hall

Detroit: The Fisher Building

1928 Art Deco Fisher Building, Detroit: The Fisher Building, Toronto - Chicago 2019
1928 Art Deco Fisher Building
Fisher ceiling, Detroit: The Fisher Building, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Fisher ceiling
Fisher ceiling detail, Detroit: The Fisher Building, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Fisher ceiling detail

Detroit: Ford Piquette Plant Museum

1903 Ford Model A Tonneau, Detroit: Ford Piquette Plant Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
1903 Ford Model A Tonneau
1904 Ford Model B Tonneau, Detroit: Ford Piquette Plant Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
1904 Ford Model B Tonneau
Very early (1908) Model T, Detroit: Ford Piquette Plant Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Very early (1908) Model T
Scotsman in 1915 Model T, Detroit: Ford Piquette Plant Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Scotsman in 1915 Model T
Urban blight: near Piquette Plant, Detroit: Ford Piquette Plant Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Urban blight: near Piquette Plant
Urban blight: near Piquette Plant, Detroit: Ford Piquette Plant Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Urban blight: near Piquette Plant

Ford Rouge Factory tour

A fascinating tour of the Ford Rouge F150 assembly line, but alas "no photos" inside the factory.
Factory tour entrance., Ford Rouge Factory tour, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Factory tour entrance.
Henry Ford, with trade school student, Ford Rouge Factory tour, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Henry Ford, with trade school student
View over new eco-friendly F150 Asembly Building With "gre, Ford Rouge Factory tour, Toronto - Chicago 2019
View over new eco-friendly F150 Asembly Building
With "green" roof
View to older Ford Rouge buildings, Ford Rouge Factory tour, Toronto - Chicago 2019
View to older Ford Rouge buildings

The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation

Roosevelt's 1939 Lincoln, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Roosevelt's 1939 Lincoln
Kennedy's 1961 Lincoln The very one he was riding in Dallas., The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Kennedy's 1961 Lincoln
The very one he was riding in Dallas.
1831 De Witt Clinton (replica), The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Toronto - Chicago 2019
1831 De Witt Clinton (replica)
De Witt Clinton: Stage coach style cars!, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Toronto - Chicago 2019
De Witt Clinton: Stage coach style cars!
Enormous 1941 Allegheny Steam Locomotive, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Enormous 1941 Allegheny Steam Locomotive
Giant railway snow plough, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Giant railway snow plough
The actual Rosa Parks bus, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Toronto - Chicago 2019
The actual Rosa Parks bus
Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion House
Deconstructed Model T There's more use of wood than I had expec, The Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Deconstructed Model T
There's more use of wood than I had expected

Grand Rapids

Rosa Parks statue, Grand Rapids, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Rosa Parks statue
Astronaut Roger Chaffee Born in Grand Rapids, died in Apollo 1, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Astronaut Roger Chaffee
Born in Grand Rapids, died in Apollo 1
Gerald Ford Presidential Museum, Grand Rapids, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Gerald Ford Presidential Museum
Mikado stage, Grand Rapids, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Mikado stage
Mikado cast (1) Crowned Mikado, Pooh-Bah in blue, Katisha in bl, Grand Rapids, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Mikado cast (1)
Crowned Mikado, Pooh-Bah in blue, Katisha in black, Ko-Ko in red.
Mikado cast (2) Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum in the center, Grand Rapids, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Mikado cast (2)
Nanki-Poo and Yum-Yum in the center
On the road to Chicago: Kalamazoo County Building, Grand Rapids, Toronto - Chicago 2019
On the road to Chicago: Kalamazoo County Building

Chicago

"Cloud Gate" sculture, aka "The Bean", Chicago, Toronto - Chicago 2019
"Cloud Gate" sculture, aka "The Bean"
Cloud Gate interior shot: Who is this guy?, Chicago, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Cloud Gate interior shot: Who is this guy?
Chicago Skyline from Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Chicago Skyline from Field Museum
Chicago Skyline from Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Chicago Skyline from Field Museum

Chicago: The Field Museum

Replica of Patagotitan mayorum The largest dinosaur ever.  70 t, Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Replica of Patagotitan mayorum
The largest dinosaur ever. 70 tons, 122 ft long.
Totem Poles, from Pacific NW, Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Totem Poles, from Pacific NW
Quetzalcoatlus reconstruction, Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Quetzalcoatlus reconstruction
Quetzalcoatlus reconstruction, Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Quetzalcoatlus reconstruction
Giant skull of T-Rex "Sue", Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Giant skull of T-Rex "Sue"
Reconstruction of T-Rex "Sue", Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Reconstruction of T-Rex "Sue"
Triceratops skull, Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Triceratops skull
Cambrian Aquarium: Hallucigenia, Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Cambrian Aquarium: Hallucigenia
Cambrian Aquarium: Wiwaxia, Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Cambrian Aquarium: Wiwaxia
Cambran Aquarium: Opabinia, Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Cambran Aquarium: Opabinia
Cambrian Aquarium, Chicago: The Field Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Cambrian Aquarium

Chicago: Oriental Institute Museum

Assyrian statue and reliefs, Chicago: Oriental Institute Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Assyrian statue and reliefs
Lamasu of Sargon II, Chicago: Oriental Institute Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Lamasu of Sargon II
Lamasu of Sargon II, Chicago: Oriental Institute Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Lamasu of Sargon II
Lion from the Ishtar Gate, Chicago: Oriental Institute Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Lion from the Ishtar Gate
Statue of Tutankhamun, Chicago: Oriental Institute Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Statue of Tutankhamun
Persepolis: Fragment of bull-human capital, Chicago: Oriental Institute Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Persepolis: Fragment of bull-human capital
Persepolis, Chicago: Oriental Institute Museum, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Persepolis

Chicago: Willis Tower

Chicago from the Willis Tower, Chicago: Willis Tower, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Chicago from the Willis Tower
Willis Tower: Glass-floored Skydeck Ledge Sticking straight out, Chicago: Willis Tower, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Willis Tower: Glass-floored Skydeck Ledge
Sticking straight out from the 103rd floor
Official Tourist Shot, Chicago: Willis Tower, Toronto - Chicago 2019
Official Tourist Shot
It <i>is</i> rather intimidating, Chicago: Willis Tower, Toronto - Chicago 2019
It is rather intimidating