For the last 18 years, Lisa Snyder has been bringing to vibrant life the bygone glory of a true architectural, social and cultural wonder — the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, known to many as ...

WHEN a few practical men of affairs, capitalists, bank presidents, manufacturers, merchants, lawyers, were deputed, three years ago, by their fellow-citizens of Chicago, to formulate a scheme for the ...

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 ...

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama won’t be the first to build something on the future site of the Obama presidential library. A sizable portion of the Obama Presidential Center, as ...

The Grand Plaza in front of the Administration Building, seen on Chicago Day, Oct. 9, 1893, the twenty-second anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire. The Administration Building was a ...

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 ...

In November 1893, the journalist Kate Field asked what should be done with the buildings of the World’s Columbian Exposition, the great majority of which were built as temporary structures. “Apply the ...

In the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, May 1 to October 26, 1893." "Containing full information respecting all features of the Exposition, including classification of departments, the grounds and ...

Ideas Week, modeled by serial entrepreneur Brad Keywell after TED and the Aspen Institute, kicks off tonight with a "megatalk" featuring last month's cover subject, Mayor Emanuel. It's immediately ...

The Chicago World’s Fair turned out to be the perfect setting for the return of Timeless as the episode had plenty of historical figures and events to play with. It felt very much like a refresher ...