Chicago Highlights Driving Tour Questions Answered!
On our Chicago Highlights Detour 101 we take private tour guests to see a lot of Chicago’s primary tourist attractions which we discuss regularly. Chicago Detours tour guides like myself are all passionate about Chicago history and know a lot, but sometimes we still get stumped. So I dug into some tour questions we couldn’t quite answer […]
Best Chicago History Podcasts
I am a pretty serious podcast enthusiast, consuming hours of podcasts each week during my daily commute on the trusty ‘L.’ As a lover of all things Chicago, nothing delights me more than learning more about my city through a fascinating Chicago history podcast. I’ve rounded up recommendations of some of my favorite episodes on […]
Chicago’s Flag: More than Stars and Stripes
Walking throughout Chicago’s Loop you see the Chicago flag flying high upon flagpoles, hanging from buildings, printed on t-shirts and stamped as arm tattoos on hipsters. The city of Chicago however did not always have a municipal flag. In 1917 the Chicago Flag Commission hosted a contest for the best design for a municipal flag […]