Native Hawaiians, or Kānaka Maoli, have a history in Chicago that goes all the way back to the World's Columbian Exposition ...

Historian Shermann “Dilla” Thomas debuts his new Chicago Reader column with a look at the city’s Catholic connections beyond ...

In the Niagara History Center’s Charles Rand Penney Collection, there is a sign depicting a panoramic view of Niagara Falls ...

Designed by architect Henry Ives Cobb in 1893 for the Chicago Athletic Association (CAA) as a private men's club, it was built to coincide with the opening of the World’s Columbian Exposition ...

That’s because the eye-catching shingle style brownstone structure started its life elsewhere—in Chicago at the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893. It served as a pavilion for the state of ...

We took a tour to check it out. Our docent was Steve Gersten, a retired trader and architecture buff. Here's what we learned.

Bill Price's online archive of 150,000 colorized photographs from the 1880s to the early 1950s offer a new perspective on ...

Though the lamps fell out of fashion by the 1930s, they recently have seen a surge in appeal, showing up in home décor, and ...

Next week, the B&O Railroad Museum will be breaking ground for a $38 million Campus Transformation Plan, which will entail a ...