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 ...

The story takes place in 1893, Chicago prepared to host the World’s Columbian Exposition, a monumental undertaking spearheaded by architect Daniel Burnham. He conceived and designed the ...

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The World’s Columbian Exposition opened in Chicago on May 1, 1893. Former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge at the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in 2010. The federal judge who presided over Burge’s ...

For six months in 1893, Chicago was abuzz. More than 27 million people flocked to the fast-growing metropolis for the event of the century: the World’s Columbian Exposition, aka the World’s Fair.

Manhattan’s historic Round Barn’s significance stretches even beyond its links to Chicago’s Columbian Exhibition.

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 ...