South of Chicago: Suburbs, Steel Mills, Shoreline

In the region South of Chicago, everything seems bigger than life -- the heroes and villains, the bridges, boats and buildings, and even people's dreams. Take a journey along the waterways, highways and railways of Chicago's SouthSuburbs and Northwest Indiana. Starting in Gary, with a look inside the largest steel mill in the Western Hemisphere, travel along the Lake Michigan shoreline to Chicago's Calumet Harbor and cruise the Calumet River to Blue Island.

• documentary
• history
• travel