No matter how obscure the question, nothing about Chicago’s history stumps WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer, the Windy City’s favorite TV tour guide. Geoffrey Baer is sitting in a McDonald’s on Chicago’s South ...

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“He tied a rope around his waist, dove in and swam toward the struggling survivors,” Baer says. “They’d pull him in to shore with a victim, and he’d dive in and do it again. Later he collapsed and was ...

The ride of your life is just a turnstile away Take a special journey as Geoffrey Baer explores Chicagos ethnic diversity from onboard the L This guided frontrow tour is a unique elevated glimpse ...