The Chicago World’s Fair opened in 1933, during the centennial of the city’s founding. But planning for the event began in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not much is left of the massive buildings built for the 1893 Chicago World's Fair. Despite a rocky start, the event became one of ...

The 1893 World's Fair was hosted by Chicago just a couple decades after the entire city burned down, and it put the city back on the world map.

Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Feb. 24, according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Front page flashback: Feb. 25, 2022 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The original recipe for the brownie was invented at Chicago's Palmer House hotel in 1893. It was designed to be transported easily ...

During the Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, millions of people came into contact with various inventions and machines that were considered to represent the future. One particular ...

The Columbian Exposition of 1893 is almost impossible to imagine: a spectacle of 200 gleaming white neoclassical buildings on over 600 acres in Chicago, a temporary city whose main purpose was ...

The Ferris wheel is just one of the many inventions that debuted when the World’s Fair in Chicago opened on May 1, 1893. Rice University history professor and CNN presidential historian Douglas ...

The Barker Mansion in Michigan City will host a three-part series in July celebrating the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. The series is inspired by an invitation the Barker family received to the ...

HERSHEY, Pa. — The Hershey Story Museum showcased their new Chicago World's Fair exhibit this past weekend for a family-friendly, two-day event for those of all ages. "A Sweet Beginning: Milton ...