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 ...

The 12th edition of Expo Chicago opened to VIPs at noon on Thursday, following a vernissage brunch hosted by the fair and the ...

1893 - The four hundredth anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World was celebrated in Chicago with an enormous fair. Known as the Chicago World’s Fair, or the World ...

Sixty years later, my heart is still filled with wonder and happiness from seeing Michelangelo's sculpture, one of the ...

Clark Street in Rogers Park is home to a new state-designated Mexican Cultural District called "Camino Clark." ...

The Midwest's biggest art fair draws curators and gallerists from around the world and is unfolding amid a crackdown on ...

Job seekers and entrepreneurs will have an opportunity to advance their careers with Chicago’s world-class airports at an ...

Want to sing your karaoke version of “Bohemian Rhapsody” in front of actual talent agents? Ponder the rise of fascism in ...

However the Chicago World's Fair of 1933 took modernistic architecture to a different level of scale and colour which was embraced by America and around the world in the 1930s. In a decade of ...

Photo Provided The BIG wheel, a highlight of the 1892-93 World’s Fair and Exposition held at Chicago, was built by George Washington Gale Ferris — the first “ferris” wheel. At 266 feet ...