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 ...

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 ...

In 1898, the Berghoff opened its doors as a saloon after owner Herman Joseph Berghoff looked to expand on the success he ...

The World’s Fair was held in Chicago’s Jackson Park and—for six ballyhooed months—brought together ancient cultures, cutting-edge technology and a Ferris wheel that makes Navy Pier’s ...

The brown walls of Regis Hall’s Multi-Purpose Room were transformed into a vibrant cultural hub to celebrate Loyola students’ various cultures and the connections that bring them together — despite ...

A one-of-a-kind Chicago museum hopes to change the perception of public housing in America. The National Public Housing ...

A tale where vision meets villainy, this true story of the 1893 Chicago World's Fair and a hidden killer pulses with ...

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 ...