https://www.showmestateofmind.com/entries daily 0.75 2026-07-04 https://www.showmestateofmind.com/entries/v5n7n4wwtd5n5t1gpqutpdjlloo3fw monthly 0.5 2026-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/eb39db05-e11a-4e09-b887-be5845da41f1/IMG_4495.jpeg Blog - Episode 1: Illinois - Make it stand out My buddy Burger did take one picture of me hugging the Big Tree, so that can give you some scale. Please ignore the untucked undershirt. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/a9014ac0-24b1-43f1-b246-0fdc4da4dcc1/IMG_0121.jpeg Blog - Episode 1: Illinois - Make it stand out The Humansville water-tower stands mightily over the local Phillips 66 station, where the price of gas may have timestamped when I rolled through town. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/32f67636-a829-4c05-8719-1763d378f12f/IMG_0066.jpeg Blog - Episode 1: Illinois - Make it stand out The Leaning Tower of Niles stands mightily over the reflecting pool, which I would have called “shabby” until very recently. The bar has been lowered for reflecting pools. Also visible in the picture is the plaque that claims that the tower contains very old bells, which I chose to trust. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/df0919c8-ca17-41f9-9781-1df3efc6f014/IMG_0067.jpeg Blog - Episode 1: Illinois - Make it stand out A closer look at the plaque that claims one of their bells was made in 1623. A plaque has no clear motivation to lie to me, but it seems so impossible that this tower would have a 400 year-old bell in it and no one would care. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/157f6888-e394-49c6-8b4f-f4f749d9aac1/IMG_0069.jpeg Blog - Episode 1: Illinois - Make it stand out A mini Leaning Tower that someone decided to build right near the larger mini Leaning Tower. A “hat on a hat?” Definitely, but one of the rare instances where two hats feels right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/52237cac-5b95-4d70-9506-6661f6ebba2b/IMG_0068.jpeg Blog - Episode 1: Illinois - Make it stand out The Leaning Tower of Niles stands mightily over the mini Leaning Tower of Niles, in a display that really drives home the strangeness of this place. Five feet to the left is a CTA bus stop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/cef76f74-efea-4e53-a497-dd6f562e806a/IMG_0064.jpeg Blog - Episode 1: Illinois - Make it stand out Alternate angle of the Tower. In the background you can see the sign for the hot dog joint across the street, and on the left side of the picture, you may notice fencing behind which was the empty lot that may have formerly been The Y. I am not certain if the Do Not Enter sign is intentionally slightly leaning, or if that is just a coincidence. https://www.showmestateofmind.com/entries/a-new-adventure monthly 0.5 2026-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/54d39105-b4d5-4c5e-b55e-7461eff7f662/print.jpg Blog - A New Adventure - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.showmestateofmind.com/home daily 1.0 2026-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/2940a1ec-b267-4222-994f-686943b81176/6E6AC7D6-CA04-4C5A-A89A-895B95EA8A18.jpeg https://www.showmestateofmind.com/about daily 0.75 2026-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/89c37b3b-48eb-43dd-bb64-efc46120c6e3/IMG_0024.jpeg https://www.showmestateofmind.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-05-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/69f349899a8c3e488f928466/01611c83-dd5b-4daf-85ef-e3b43c8e3e76/IMG_0013.jpeg https://www.showmestateofmind.com/message daily 0.75 2026-06-19