The fortified medieval town of Provins is situated in the former territory of the powerful Counts of Champagne. It bears witness to early developments in the organization of international trading ...

Spokane hosted the World’s Fair in 1974, drawing 5.6 million visitors. It was the first environment-themed World’s Fair and was generally considered a resounding success. Downtown Spokane has ...

A scene from the World's Fair, where a GM diesel engine caught Ralph Budd's eye, Burlington Northern Santa Fe The 1933-1934 World's Fair's context -- the Depression -- makes its success seem ...

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 ...

Once the fairgrounds of Knoxville's 1982 World's Fair, today this space is a public park and home to the Sunsphere and the Tennessee Amphitheater, the two remaining structures from the exposition.