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 ...

That's something that separates us from the attendees of the 1893 World's Fair. Visitors flocked to this global exposition featuring advances in industry, science, culture, and more -- and they ...

It looks like he’s already getting down to business. President Trump announced that the United States will be celebrating a ...

the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition was a smashing success for the city of Chicago. According to the Chicago Architecture Center, the fair lasted just six months but brought 27 million people ...

U.S. paper money is rectangular in shape and two-dimensional. Origami artist Ron Rotter transformed these U.S. banknotes into three-dimensional designs, including a fish, a heart, a dinosaur, an ...

In 1893 Nikola Tesla and Westinghouse’s alternating ... In an era where the U.S. is deeply fractured and many worry about the ...

When the historic observatory was shuttered by the University of Chicago, a community organization helped to revitalize it.

Branch Mint Troemmer special bullion balance scale used from 1870-1893, is the most important numismatic artifact to sur ...

Trump’s re-election reveals us to be a people who, for all our star-spangled self-regard, share the world’s damnable wish for ...

Twenty-five years ago, the Morse Museum of American Art pulled off a miracle that took the Winter Park institution to the next level. It unveiled what we now call the Tiffany Chapel, a gorgeous ...

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 ...