The event took place at the same time as the St. Louis World’s Fair, drawing millions of people. The Games were controversial for many reasons. Firstly, Chicago initially planned to host the ...

St. Louis has welcomed visitors from far and wide since the city hosted the World’s Fair in 1904. Today, the Gateway City is filled with myriad museums, natural attractions, historical sites ...

The dress and coat worn by actress Judy Garland in the film “Meet Me in St. Louis” are part of a display inside the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park. “In our World’s Fair Gallery ...

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 ...

Forest Park opened in 1876 and played host to the 1904 World's Fair. The park is huge ... Forest Park sits about 6 miles west of downtown St. Louis near the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis.

The Saint Louis Zoo got its start as the 1904 World's Fair Flight Cage ... isn't the only reason why past visitors praised this St. Louis attraction. Many recent travelers raved about the free ...

St. Louis had scheduled to hold a world fair the same year and threatened to stage a rival sports event if they were not allowed to hold the Olympics. The support of the US President Theodore ...