America hosted the World's Fair of 1893 as a celebration of Columbus ... Burnham succeeded. The World's Columbian Exposition established a Neo-Classical revival in Chicago and across America.

But a more recent innovation was causing an even bigger stir: the Garis-Cochran Dishwashing Machine, the only device in the massive hall invented by a woman. Over 200 dirty dishes could be loaded into ...

Join Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, director of works for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, for a relaxing day at the fair ...

With cement consumption at a decade low, it’s time to ask hard questions about housing, development and the Chicago area's ...

Pabst is releasing Pabst Light, the first new light beer in over 40 years. Miller Lite was released in 1975, followed by ...

son of Swedish immigrants, moved here from Dixon, Illinois, just as people from around the globe arrived for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. Walgreen struggled, however, to keep a job ...

the bulk of the buildings that made up the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 had been emptied and abandoned after the World’s Fair closed in 1894. Chicago bigwigs, many who’d been driving ...

Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Limited hours apply for select dates, so be sure to ...

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 ...