America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus' voyage to the continent four hundred (and one) years earlier. Chicago beat out New York, St. Louis and Washington, D.C. for ...

An extraordinary private club turned hotel, the Chicago Athletic Association has restored rooms, amazing views of Lake ...

The 1893 World's Fair would end up drawing 20 million people to its Chicago showground. Two of them, sisters Minnie and Nannie Williams, came at the invitation of serial killer H. H. Holmes.

At the same 1893 World's Fair in Chicago that saw orange cider fervor take hold, Juicy Fruit gum and Vienna Beef kicked off their long lives too. So why are we still drinking iced tea and eating ...

The founder of Freedman Seating Co., headquartered on the West Side, exhibited its seats for horse-drawn carriages at the ...

As plans for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago took shape ... Launched on June 21, 1893, it was a glorious success. Over the next 19 weeks, more than 1.4 million people paid 50 ...

In 1893, with Chicago set to host the World's Columbian Exposition (aka the World's Fair), Bertha Palmer asked her chefs to prepare a special treat that could fit easily into boxed lunches.

4, 1893. The Chicago Tribune headline in the following day’s edition read: “Pulled A Game Out Of The Fire.” The subhead was: “Anson’s Men by a Plucky Rally Save a Game Apparently Lost.” ...

The mile-long Midway at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago was the closest an amusement seeker came to a sure thing in 1893. Strolling along, one could admire the belly dancing of Fahreda ...