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Mickey Alice Kwapis wants you to love taxidermy as much as she does.
Pat Lohenry has been making beautiful and impossibly detailed dollhouses all her life.
Al Westerman grows 124 varieties of heirloom apples.
You have never seen hats and gloves like these.
Dave Kloke built this working locomotive from scratch. Now he's making the train car that carried Lincoln's body.

Drone racing is now a thing. This guy is one of the best.

Yes, it's kind of crazy. And they convinced Jay to try it.

Allegra Rosenberg turned her pop culture obsessions into catchy songs and found a huge Youtube following.

A native plant gardener convinces his suburban condo board to transform (part of) their lawn to the wilder look of native plants. Meet Dennis Paige.

How did that ship get in there? Glenn Braun reveals his secret.

What do serious foodies do when cicadas invade Chicago? Eat them, of course. David Hammond shares his favorite recipes.

Lots of guys like to fish. A few have tried taxidermy. Add lifelike wooden fish-carvings and you have the remarkable Don Dubin.

Vivian Maier took over 100,000 photographs in her lifetime, but never showed them to anyone. Now, after her death, some rank her among the best street photographers of the 20th century. This episode tells the story of the Chicago man who stumbled on her negatives at a storage locker sale, and what we are now learning about the life of this remarkable photographer.

Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the delightful Bindy Bitterman and her amazing and eclectic little shop.

James Stastny is old school: he packs a fishing rod, some bait, and a whole lot of patience. His son, Scott, however, uses sonar and an underwater camera and teaches us how technology has improved the art of ice fishing.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra French horn player by trade. Monarch Butterfly rancher by passion. Meet Dan Gingrich.