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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And we were honored to appear on WTTW’s “Chicago Mysteries” with host Geoffrey Baer to chat about Foolkiller No. 3. More major anniversaries and important events from the city’s past lie a ...

Chef Mindy Segal, a James Beard Award-winning pastry chef in Chicago, first fell in love with baking as a child when her mother bought her a KitchenAid mixer for Hanukkah. She demonstrates her take on ...

“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 ...

During Hanukkah, Ayellet Benezra, the second-generation owner of North Shore Kosher Bakery on Touhy Avenue in Chicago, oversees the bakery’s production of some 25,000 sufganiyot, which are filled, ...

WTTW's popular on-air host, producer and Chicago Architecture Foundation docent Geoffrey Baer will re-trace his steps in Chicago's Lakefront, an all-new documentary tour shot in High Definition.