Geoffrey Baer
What's Pasta is Prologue?
Geoffrey Baer discovers mobbed-up macaroni makers, a boat launch that's gone to the dogs, and a beautiful reminder.
Geoffrey Baer compares fact and fiction in a long-ago murder, explores the life of an architectural pioneer, and strolls the Riverwalk in this week’s Ask Geoffrey.
Geoffrey Baer peeks into a Wrigley Field teepee and goes under the dome at Preston Bradley Hall in this week’s Ask Geoffrey.
Geoffrey Explains Why There’s a Fish in a Tree, More
Why is there a trout among the trees alongside Golf Road? Geoffrey Baer tells the story of the one that got away and answers other viewer questions in tonight’s Ask Geoffrey.
"L" Cars, & Catalpa Avenue
Geoffrey Baer tells us what's at the end of the line for old "L" cars and more as we revisit a previous edition of Ask Geoffrey.
The Fall of Icarus and a 1980 Grand Prix
Geoffrey Baer revisits an iconic movie car chase and some mythological metaphors in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Geoffrey Baer answers some of our viewers' questions in tonight's edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Street Names, Operation Skywatch, & More
Geoffrey Baer talks plotters and spotters, is a boulder beholder, and beats feet on School Street.
Geoffrey Baer answers the questions of six viewers who wonder what's up with weird objects in and around Chicago.
A chunk of transportation history rests in the Chicago River. Geoffrey Baer talks trains and technology in this week's edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Geoffrey Revisits 100 Years of History at Wrigley Field
Geoffrey Baer turns the lights on at the Auditorium Theatre, tells us where the hulking gas holding tanks went, and revisits 100 years of history at Wrigley Field in this week’s edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Geoffrey Baer explores how postal workers almost foiled the plans for D-Day, Chicago's sweet history of candymakers, and a grisly Lakeview murder legend.
Geoffrey Visits a Spot Where North Meets North
Geoffrey visits a rediscovered war curiosity, a long-lost war trophy, and a place in Chicago where north meets north in tonight’s Ask Geoffrey.
Geoffrey Uncovers Missing Mahler Brother and More
Geoffrey Baer answers viewer questions about a missing Mahler brother, Chicago’s hippie haven, and Evanston’s Cary Grant connection in this week’s edition of Ask Geoffrey.
Geoffrey Baer visits the John Hancock’s Crown of Lights to find out how the center makes its seasonal wardrobe changes in this week’s edition of Ask Geoffrey. He also sheds light on a shadow casting sculpture and why some city roads have both a street and a place.
St. Ignatius, "I Will" Statue, & Frog Creek
Geoffrey Baer uncovers the origins of St. Ignatius College Prep's building fragments and more in this week’s edition of Ask Geoffrey. Read an article and view a slideshow.
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