Geoffrey Baer Movies
- 2024
A Celebration of Hanukkah
A Celebration of Hanukkah02024HD
Follow Geoffrey Baer on a heartwarming, nostalgic, and humorous journey as he tells the story of Hanukkah, exploring the time-honored traditions of...
- 2007
Southwest Suburbs: Birthplace of Chicago
Southwest Suburbs: Birthplace of Chicago02007HD
It's a part of Chicago that's full of surprises. It's home to a 28-square-mile forest with a rock canyon. It's where one of the Blues Brothers did...
- 2013
10 Buildings That Changed America
10 Buildings That Changed America02013HD
10 Buildings that Changed America presents 10 trend-setting works of architecture that have shaped and inspired our American landscape. These...
- 2024
Chicago Mysteries with Geoffrey Baer
Chicago Mysteries with Geoffrey Baer02024HD
Did a UFO fly over O’Hare Airport? How did the alligator later named "Chance the Snapper" suddenly appear in Chicago’s Humboldt Lagoon?...
- 2019
Chicago on Vacation
Chicago on Vacation02019HD
When your family piled into the car for a vacation, where did you go? Starved Rock? Lake Geneva? The Dells? Maybe the Indiana Dunes? Or...
- 2023
The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago
The Most Beautiful Places in Chicago02023HD
Chicago is full of places that take your breath away, from gilded lobbies to verdant parks and eye-bending skyscrapers to glorious sacred spaces....
- 2011
Chicago's Loop: A New Walking Tour
Chicago's Loop: A New Walking Tour02011HD
In an area barely ten square blocks, Geoffrey Baer traces the history of the skyscraper in the city where it was born. What makes a city, a city? Is...
- 2016
10 Homes that Changed America
10 Homes that Changed America02016HD
Ten American homes designed by visionary architects, their eclectic clients and current homeowners are highlighted. Each home combined form, function...
- 2014
Biking the Boulevards
Biking the Boulevards02014HD
In Biking the Boulevards, Geoffrey Baer bikes his way across Chicago, using the city's network of boulevards. The boulevards are wide, tree-lined...
- 2015
Chicago's South Side
Chicago's South Side02015HD
The story of the South Side of Chicago is a story of immigrants and of migrants, of workers and unions, of political dynasties and sports legacies,...
- 2013
Chicago Time Machine
Chicago Time Machine02013HD
Did you ever wish you could travel back in history to find out what happened right on the spot where you’re standing? That’s exactly...
- 2009
Hidden Chicago 2
Hidden Chicago 202009HD
In this sequel to WTTW's popular Hidden Chicago special, Geoffrey Baer explores dusty attics, deep tunnels and the candy aisle at Walgreen's in...
- 2008
Chicago's Lakefront
Chicago's Lakefront02008HD
Join us for a journey along our most famous front yard. The eyes of the world were on Chicago's Lakefront on election night 2008 as tens of...
- 2009
The Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History
The Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History02009HD
You are what you eat goes the old saying. So what can we learn about Chicagoans from the food on our plates? WTTW 11's Geoffrey Baer plays both...
- 2004
South of Chicago: Suburbs, Steel Mills, Shoreline
South of Chicago: Suburbs, Steel Mills, Shoreline02004HD
Take a journey along the waterways, highways, and railways of Chicago's South Suburbs and Northwest Indiana. Starting in Gary, with a look inside the...
- 2006
Fox River Valley and Chain O' Lakes
Fox River Valley and Chain O' Lakes02006HD
It's a journey that starts at Blarney Island, a rowdy bar in the middle of a lake accessible only by boat, and ends sixty miles down the Fox River at...
- 2006
Chicago's Western Suburbs: From Prairie Soil to Prairie Style
Chicago's Western Suburbs: From Prairie Soil to Prairie Style02006HD
Join Geoffrey Baer for his newest engaging Chicago tour program, which covers Chicago's historic Western suburbs. Highlights include Brookfield Zoo,...
- 2006
Chicago by Boat: The New River Tour
Chicago by Boat: The New River Tour02006HD
History of Chicago from the stage of the Chicago River.
- 2005
7 Wonders of Chicago
7 Wonders of Chicago02005HD
Chicago is filled with Architectural wonders from the famous to the hidden treasures waiting to be discovered! Join Geoffrey Baer as he explores...
- 2001
Chicago by L
Chicago by L02001HD
The ride of your life is just a turnstile away! Take a special journey as Geoffrey Baer explores Chicago's ethnic diversity from on-board the 'L.'!...