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 ... buildings served as exhibition halls, housing ...

1893 - The four hundredth anniversary ... in Chicago with an enormous fair. Known as the Chicago World’s Fair, or the World Columbian Exhibition, this gigantic gathering of displays and events ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --The words of a landmark speech about tolerance delivered on Sept. 11, more than 100 years before the infamous terror attacks in 2001, are the focus of ...

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.

The company’s origins date from 1893, when founder Hyman Freedman made seats for horse-drawn carriages in Chicago and exhibited at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Now, workers — including ...

[SPOILER ALERT] in which a serial killer in Chicago lures young women to gruesome deaths within a hastily and shadily constructed “Murder Castle” just blocks from the 1893 World’s Fair. It’s a great ...

The company’s origins date from 1893, when founder Hyman Freedman made seats for horse-drawn carriages in Chicago and exhibited at the World’s Columbian Exposition. Now, workers — including ...