You’ve passed that sign on Dundee road a million times: Chicago Curling Club. Did 
you ever wonder what goes on in there? And why does their logo have a tam-o-shanter?
Curling originated in Scotland around 500 years ago. In Bruegel’s 1565 painting, Winter Landscape with Bird Trap, there are curlers playing on the frozen lake. The Scottish and Dutch had strong cultural ties at that time. And curling was played outdoors and the “rock” was, well, a smooth bottomed rock.
