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In this new special, Geoffrey Baer, WTTW’s intrepid tour guide, takes us on a journey through our region’s rich history via a brand new vehicle. Aided by archival film and photographs, innovative special effects, and a found “time machine,” Geoffrey gives us a unique view of incredible moments of the past that happened in seemingly ordinary places that many of us frequent every day.

18th STREET and PRAIRIE AVENUE

35th STREET and COTTAGE GROVE AVENUE

CABRINI GREEN

CBS STUDIOS and CHICAGO ARENA

CHICAGO’S SEVEN CITY HALLS

DAN RYAN EXPRESSWAY

DIXIE HIGHWAY and GORDON HUBBARD

EDGEWATER BEACH HOTEL

FORD CITY MALL

GRANT PARK SOUTH END

HAYMARKET AFFAIR HANGINGS

HILTON NORTHBROOK

IIT CAMPUS

INTERNATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE

JACK SPRATT COFFEE SHOP SIT-IN

LADY ELGIN

LIBBY PRISON AND COLISEUM

MARQUETTE CROSS

McVICKER'S THEATER

THE MIRAGE TAVERN

MOTHER CABRINI SHRINE

OLSON WATERFALL

PALOS FOREST PRESERVE

Pioneer Court

PRAIRIE FARMER MAGAZINE / WLS BARNDANCE

PREHISTORIC GIANT BEAVER

RIVERVIEW

ROGERS AVENUE and CLARK STREET

ROSTENKOWSKI CURVE

SECOND CITY

SHELTER COTTAGES

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

WATER STREET MARKET

WEST SIDE GROUNDS

Confluence of the North, South, and Main Branches of the Chicago River

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The Loop and the Chicago River

Hyde Park/Kenwood

ST. VALENTINE’S DAY MASSACRE

The excavation of Camp Douglas

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