Chicago Mystery: Does Chicago Get Tornadoes?

Chicago Mystery: Does Chicago Get Tornadoes?

Tornadoes; the devil’s wind. Many believe the windy city is impervious to tornadoes that ravage the surrounding midwest. Perhaps something about urban density, being along the lakefront, and other mysterious factors that spare the metropolis from seeing rows of...
The Chicago Shrimp Shacks

The Chicago Shrimp Shacks

When the air wasn’t thick with industrial waste from the Union Stockyards, working class 1950s Chicagoans enjoyed the savory smoke of another foregone institution; Chicago’s shrimp shacks. Today, a few one-room huts along the waterfront are the only clues left of what...
Hidden Chicago History: The Viagra Triangle

Hidden Chicago History: The Viagra Triangle

The north-end of Rush Street is an exciting intersection of nightclubs, luxury restaurants and high-end hotels, and also an exciting cauldron of sordid history. Just a five-minute walk from the original Playboy Mansion this hotbed of nightlife action once rivaled...

Highlights

  • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Site
  • The famous alleyway from a legendary crime
  • The haunted Chicago theatre

And a whole lot more!