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.

In the 1890s, as Kansas City crept farther and farther from the riverfront, it began looking less and less like a small ...

On May 1, 1999, a meeting between the Rev. Jesse Jackson and Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic led to the release of ...

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Chicago welcomed the very first Ferris wheel at the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and its own giant wheel recently got a makeover, replacing small red boxes with enclosed pods just before ...

The Ozinga family immigrated to Chicago in 1893 — the year of the World’s Columbian Exposition, when this city was the fastest-growing on the planet. It was a place of possibility, where ...

Pabst is releasing Pabst Light, the first new light beer in over 40 years. Miller Lite was released in 1975, followed by Coors Light in 1978 and Budweiser Light in 1982.

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 ...