Unique and entertaining video walking tours

Bizarre Bucktown tells the stories of the neighborhood’s iconic factories, churches, and taverns. Hear about the hauntings, scandals, murders, and activism that belie the residential streets.

During Bizarre Wicker Park you’ll learn about the snake oil tycoon, the beer baron, and the artists, radicals, and mobsters that built and shaped this popular and historic neighborhood.

Bizarre 606 is a self-guided tour of forgotten history along the Bucktown and Wicker Park portion of the Bloomingdale Trail. Sign up for my mailing list to receive a free copy to use when you visit the park.

Handmade pocket-sized books of neighborhood facts, trivia, and tidbits. Straight from the Bizarre research files of history, lore, and eyewitness accounts. Unique, entertaining, and informative.

Bucktown Blocks are "story cube" dice that you can use to create your very own neighborhood stories. Get your free D.I.Y. download, or order a printed set. They're fun for all ages!

“How Bucktown Are You?” is a fun, free, and privacy-friendly online quiz about the neighborhood‘s history and lore. If you live in Bucktown, test your mettle and see if your score makes you a Bucktown Sage.

A self-guided tour and puzzle walk of a great Chicago neighborhood. Visit a dozen sites of historic interest, learn unusual insights, and (optionally) answer challenge questions that can only be gleaned through in-person observation. Available at Quimby's Bookstore and in eBook format at Apple and Amazon.