Did You Know?
Navy Pier first opened as Municipal Pier in 1916. It was renamed Navy Pier at the same time Soldier Field was dedicated to war vets, 1925. It was also used as a staging area for naval training during World War II. Over 200 Navy fighter planes litter the bottom of the lake a few miles off the end of it, where scores of fledgling navy pilots flunked their “landing on a fake aircraft carrier deck” final exam.
Very impressionable to public art, Michael poses before the 1998 Hubertus von der Goltz sculpture "The Crossing," just north of Chicago's Loop on LaSalle Street.
Services
Michael embodies a unique and remarkable blend of riveting
performer and serious scholar and weaves together fascinating stories
of the city's architecture, art treasures, and movie locations with hilarious
tales of its colorful past.
- Group Specialty Tours: See our coach and vehicle tours and walking tours, or take an urban hike.
- Exclusive Personal Tours: Not part of a large group but still want the magic of a Brainsnack Tour? Limo, CTA, and personal walking tours are available. Contact us, give us your schedule and your dream tour, and we'll work it out!
- For Local Chicagoans
- Join Michael on two fascinating trips (via digital slide presentations and lectures) through what many believe to be the greatest peacetime event in human history: Columbian Exposition of 1893 and The Midway Plaisance: Carnival and Culture.