Every major city that has been around for a while has layers of history that can often be seen in abandoned or forgotten infrastructure projects,Read More
Category: Chicago Trivia
Charles Cushman was born in the small southern Indiana town of Poseyville in 1896. Like many other young and enterprising Midwesterners, he felt the drawRead More
Whenever you make a jaunt out to L1 during the warmer months, chances are quite good that you’ll see one or more of these loyalRead More
Before we became a wussified and hyper-litigious society, you could actually spring off of diving boards into Lake Michigan. Here is all that remains ofRead More
It was hard to get going yesterday morning. These early autumn days seem more like mid-November than late September. But I was up by 7am,Read More
Double-crested cormorants are large waterbirds whose summer habitat includes lakes and inland waterways. They’re quite widely distributed across North America, ranging from the Aleutian IslandsRead More
The former “Green Town, IL” (a.k.a. Waukegan) resident and master storyteller is 90 years young today! When I was a boy in the Midwest IRead More
There is a swim ban this weekend at all Chicago beaches due to “water quality issues.” This is because the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District ofRead More
Dave just gave me the heads up on this: I know, short notice – but it would be great to see you guys. The galleryRead More
Believe it or not, at one point we had three nuclear missiles deployed on our lakefront right in the midst of some very densely populatedRead More