Showcase
Jul. 11
2011
Wisconsin is full of beauty. Its architecture and landmarks are something to behold. Wisconsin photographers know this well, and have captured Wisconsin landmarks and architecture in a compelling way. Our editors set out to highlight a few of the best photographs featuring classic landmarks and unique architectural details, but they couldn't pick just a few. The result is a tour of many dramatic architectural photos! Sit back, relax and enjoy the beauty in buildings and landmarks of Wisconsin.
Highway 23 Bridge
A pedestrian bridge to an overlook between Spring Green and Dodgeville.
- Photographer
- Terry McNeill
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Spring Green, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D80
Breast Cancer Event
Extra lighting was added in pink of course for a Breast Cancer event Milwaukee Art Museum
- Photographer
- Perry Heideman
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- unknown
- Photographer
- Bonnie DeLap
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D
Nice perspective. The off-center framing works really well. See comment
Wayne Reckard
on Hiding Light (above)
- Photographer
- Brian Behling
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
Old Stores Never Die
The Cooksville Country store is located in Cooksville, Wisconsin, South of Madison. The store is over 164 yers old and is still in operation today. A great place to visit if you like going back in time.
- Photographer
- Tim Denny
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Cooksville, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 40 D
Metal & Glass Lines
This is a section of the Milwaukee Art Museum. Here is where the moveable 217-foot wings of the sunscreen meet the 90-foot high glass roof. As the afternoon sun passed through the steel fins it created streaks across the glass. The contrasty mix of color, stripes and angles, and confusion between what was real and what were reflections is what intrigued me.
- Photographer
- Tom Dent
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- unknown
Excellent Calatrava shot. Great use of lines. See comment
Donald Frisque
on Metal & Glass Lines (above)
- Photographer
- CJ Schmit
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
- Photographer
- Anton Wirtz
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Hubertus, WI
- Camera
- unknown
- Photographer
- Jack Roper
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D70
- Photographer
- Brian Behling
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
- Photographer
- Joe Richardson
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D3100
- Photographer
- Jennifer Danielewicz
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Egg Harbor, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D40 X
- Photographer
- Josh Eral
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D90
- Photographer
- David Lampkins
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 30 D
Hall of Windows
Over-sized table and chair set on display at the Milwaukee Art Museum in the Calatrava wing.
- Photographer
- CJ Schmit
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
Old School
An old school in Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin lite up at blue time. I know I got a black blob..but I have decided I can't fix it. It's a branch moving.
- Photographer
- Vicki France
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Mount Horeb, WI
- Camera
- unknown
Davidson Windmill at sunset
This windmill is an incredible part of WI history. It was built by Jacob Tapola Davidson in 1904 and he modeled it after his coffee pot. The grindstones & structural wood are all local materials, much of it tamarack, shaped by hand. The stones came from the Amnicon Falls area, drawn by horses in winter. Construction took about four years and the mill was used to mill flour and for cracking grain for cattle feed.
- Photographer
- Shell Foeckler
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Superior, WI
- Camera
- unknown
Love the history AND the shot! See comment
Kate Smythe
on Davidson Windmill at sunset (above)
- Photographer
- Michelle Kujawski
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- unknown
Showcased Photographer
Brian Behling
- 329 photos
- 20907 votes
- 118 followers
Brian calls himself an amateur photographer, but there's no reason to believe he couldn't be a paid professional if he so desired. Some of his architectural and interior photography would look mighty fine on canvas, hung on a wall. Jump into Brian's profile and you'll see why we selected him as the showcased photographer for this theme of architecture and landmarks. Brian has submitted more than 200 photos -- all of which are works of art. His 35+ followers would attest to his quality work. Give Brian's photos a visit, a vote and a love if you'd like. You'll be pleased you did.
- Photographer
- Rachael Bills
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Hartford, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos Digital Rebel X Si
- Photographer
- Patrice Herbst
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Grafton, WI
- Camera
- unknown
- Photographer
- Priscilla Farrell
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Canon Power Shot Sx200 Is
Cana Island Lighthouse
This one took a while to get for a number of reasons. It was a pretty busy day for visitors to the Lighthouse, so we had to first wait for nobody to be looking out from the railings at the top of the lighthouse. All clear? check... no not quite, then we had a woman walk into the frame, stand for a few seconds, look at us, walk a few more steps into the frame, begin texting on her phone, walk a few more steps, text some more, have her friends join her, chat for 5 minutes right in front of us, walk a little further to the center of the frame, all turn and look at us waiting to make the frame, chat some more, take a few photos of the lighthouse... and us (happens wherever I go, price of celebrity!) , then finally roll out of the frame, just in time for more people to arrive, but wait we did and we finally got the shot. Its at times like this I wished I had something else to shoot with other than a camera :-) <a href="http://bighugelabs.com/onblack.php?id=5121737133&amp;size=large&amp;bg=white" rel="nofollow">View On White</a>
- Photographer
- Jonathan Robson
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Kenosha, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
Hyde's Mill
I got to spend a great day with my dad out shooting, and while we hit a bunch of different locations in the freezing cold today I think our favorite by far was the old Hyde's Mill. Seems like we might not be the only ones who think it's pretty neat.
- Photographer
- Nicholas Olejniczak
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Hyde, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 50 D
Dr. Seuss in Blue
Distorted reflections in the Reuss Federal Building at 4th & Wisconsin.
- Photographer
- Timothy Kant
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D50
- Photographer
- Brian Behling
- Category
- Sports
- Place
- Green Bay, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
It's almost like a shrine. :) Nice shot. See comment
Nikki Brown
on Lambeau Field (above)
Thordarson Boat House
Exploring historic places like this old boat house on Washington Island. My tri[-tic is filled with the mystery and intrigue of off-the-path spaces. The Thordarson Boat House on Rock Island is one of these magical places.
- Photographer
- Joey Johannsen
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Ellison Bay, WI
- Camera
- unknown
East Washington Bridge
If you are a bridge enthusiast, you'll surely like the many types of bridges you'll find in Wisconsin ranging from the very rustic iron countryside bridge to the architecturally stylish bridges like this one on East Washington Ave. in Madison.
- Photographer
- Joey Johannsen
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Camera
- unknown
The combination of symmetry, lighting, and reflection really complete this picture. Nice! See comment
Gregory Kirstein
on East Washington Bridge (above)
- Photographer
- Emily Hild
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- unknown
- Photographer
- Lorri Howski
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Canon Power Shot Sd780 Is
Wisconsin in Blue
Please see hi-res version as well. Wisconsin Capitol Dome at twilight
- Photographer
- Jennifer Vejvoda
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos Digital Rebel Xt
Baileys Harbour Upper Range Light
After Cave Point and a couple of other minor detours we intended to head for breakfast, but then we noticed that Baileys Harbour had 3 lighthouses... gotta check those out, but not before we'd eaten breakfast! One of them we couldn't get to very easily as it is on an island, the second we found, but were unimpressed. Having found the second we were turning the car around we spotted the third; which you see here. Yes believe it or not this is/was a lighthouse. It is the Baileys Harbor Upper Range Light, it actually has an uglier brother, the lower range light (which I didn't photograph) which sits about 900ft in front of it and is 15ft shorter! The idea being that at night, the sailors could line up the lights, and in the day time, they could line up the buildings. Both lighthouses are now retired and have been replaced by a truly ugly range light that resembles a flashlight on a stick! More info here... <a href="http://www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=257" rel="nofollow">www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=257</a>
- Photographer
- Jonathan Robson
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Baileys Harbor, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
- Photographer
- Robert Katrosits
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Sturgeon Bay, WI
- Camera
- Dsc H2
Calatrava Windows
Looking up thru the overhead windows in the main hall of the beautiful structure.
- Photographer
- Donald Frisque
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Nikon Super Coolscan 5000 Ed
Red Mill
One of the coolest places to visit if you are in Waupaca. I normally visit this every time I see my In-Laws. They live up the street.
- Photographer
- Joel Witmeyer
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Waupaca, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 20 D
Testify
This is an interior view of the abandoned Estonian Church outside of Gleason. There is a document framed in glass with the history of the church on top of that podium.
- Photographer
- Jim Sisko
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Bloomville, WI
- Camera
- Canon Power Shot Pro1
Courthouse Dome
The interior of the Grant County courthouse in Lancaster is a hidden gem.
- Photographer
- Ben Russell
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Lancaster, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 40 D
- Photographer
- Larry Taylor
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Canon Power Shot G12
The colors are fantastic and love the dead climbing vine! See comment
Deb Rosen
on Evening light (above)
Church in the Woods
This chapel is located on the Red Mill grounds. Beautiful place for a wedding.
- Photographer
- Joel Witmeyer
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Waupaca, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 20 D
Covered Bridge
Century-old lattice truss wood beams reveal a history of visitors to the last remaining covered bridge in Wisconsin.
- Photographer
- Wayne Reckard
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Cedarburg, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D300
- Photographer
- Josh Eral
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D90
Wide Angled View
The view of Lake Michigan from inside the Quadracci Pavilion at the Milwaukee Art Museum.
- Photographer
- CJ Schmit
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
- Photographer
- Bruce Michels
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Port Washington, WI
- Camera
- unknown
Beautiful shot, this should be a postcard! My grandfather was baptized in that church in 1890! See comment
Patrice Herbst
on St. Mary's (above)
- Photographer
- Emily Hild
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- St. Nazianz, WI
- Camera
- unknown
- Photographer
- April Casey
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Spring Green, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
Geometry
Foggy day on Madison's capitol square. Nikon D5000 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm Hand held three burst shot with AEB HDR created in Photomatrix Post Processing done in Photoshop CS4 ...
- Photographer
- Robert Stebler
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D5000
- Photographer
- Phil Koch
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Racine, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 7 D
Hoan Bridge at Sunset
The Hoan Bridge over the Milwaukee Harbor entrance at Sunset.[Note to editors: a 100MB file is available for print publication.]
- Photographer
- Paul Hundley
- Category
- Cityscapes
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- unknown
- Photographer
- Irene Kuiper
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D5000
Historic Fox River Mills
Located on the north bank of the Fox River, the former Fox River Mills is an aggregation of three old paper mill buildings. On the National Register of Historic Places, the brick buildings date from 1883 through 1915. Two of the buildings served as paper converting plants as late as 1985. The buildings are located just two blocks from College Avenue, a short walk to shopping, the Performing Art Center, fine dining, churches, the library, and Lawrence University.
- Photographer
- Joel Witmeyer
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Appleton, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 7 D
Great shot. My son goes to Lawrence and I've seen this, but it certainly didn't look this good! Good job and thanks for sharing the historical info. See comment
Jane Flanigan
on Historic Fox River Mills (above)
Holy Hill 1
Under the twilight heavens over Erin, WI, the Shrine at Holy Hill gives reverence.
- Photographer
- John Griner
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Erin, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D2 X
- Photographer
- Perry Heideman
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 30 D
Winter at Wind Point
The Wind Point lighthouse as sunset gives way to dusk at the end of a winter day.
- Photographer
- Mark Baldwin
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Racine, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D300
Barn Window
A window in the century old barn at Lautenbachs' Orchard Country Winery & Market in Door County.
- Photographer
- Timothy Kant
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Fish Creek, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D50
- Photographer
- Terry McNeill
- Category
- Landmarks
- Place
- Baileys Harbor, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D70
Madison Gas & Electric
Shot of one of the downtown MGE buildings during my fog expedition. Nikon D5000 Lens: AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm Hand held three burst shot with AEB HDR created in Photomatrix Post Processing done in Photoshop CS4
- Photographer
- Robert Stebler
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Camera
- Nikon D5000
Downtown Reflections - 13
When describing cubism, Gertrude Stein spoke about what we see vs. what is really there. In the ebb & flow of our lives, as we drive by buildings, as we reflect on ourselves & the world around us... What do we see? What is really there?
- Photographer
- Cecelia Cross
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Milwaukee, WI
- Camera
- Dslr A100
one room school
A one-room schoolhouse in rural Wisconsin. This image was taken on a full moon night during a long exposure and STRAIGHT from the camera using a light painting technique. The blue was created using a blue gelled flashlight exposing the visual to the camera surfaces.
- Photographer
- Chris Robleski
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Calumet Farms, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos 5 D Mark Ii
- Photographer
- Ron Wiecki
- Category
- Architecture
- Place
- Madison, WI
- Camera
- Canon Eos Digital Rebel X Si
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