15 Images, Video Clips That Wowed The Chicago Area in July

The fifteen photos/video clips above represent a variety of some of the most unique, most beautiful, most fascinating and all-around coolest imagery posted in the Chicago-area Patch sites in the month of July.

If you want to read more about any of them, check out the stories that accompanied them:

• Witness: Elderly Man Killed After Driving SUV into Arlington Heights Pond
• Bocce Ball Club Pays $1 for Wicker Park Plot to House Courts
• Time Capsule Appears to Have Been Found in Coultrap Cornerstone
• Fans Flock To See Channing Tatum, Mila Kunis
• PHOTOS: Baby Ducks Hatch Atop Evanston Rooftop
• Wrigley Rally: ‘Residents are Not Being Listened To’
• LOOK: Dogs Wow Crowds at 'Dog Days of Summer'
• Brookfield Zoo Welcomes Baby Giraffe (PHOTOS)
• Brown Cow's Trough Eating Contest a Treat for All
• Keeper of the Cup: Blackhawks Celebrations 'Way Bigger' in 2013
• Patch Editors Check Out Oswego's Bounce Town
• Fermilab's Giant Electromagnet Arrives in Lemont
• Coach Q, Stanley Cup Lead Hinsdale 4th Of July Parade
• UPDATE: Fallen Water Tank that Injured 3 Cited in Failed Inspection
• Elmhurst Cycling Classic: Images of Friday's Race