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 ...

1893: Visitors to the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago got to ride the debut of the first Ferris wheel, which was ...

The first World’s Fair here, the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, was a miracle considering just 22 years earlier the city was in shambles following the Great Chicago Fire.

THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. Share full article. Feb. 1 ... Ground has been broken at last in Chicago as a first step toward the construction of buildings for the "World's Columbian Exposition" in 1893.

World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago, Illinois, 1893. A bird’s-eye view, with monument and canal in foreground. (Palace of Mechanic Arts and replica of an ancient Egyptian obelisk).

The 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition served as a showcase for a fully rebuilt and vibrant Chicago 22 years after much of the city was destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. This event became a ...

Diagram of the original design for the Great Wheel of the Columbian Exposition of 1893, designed and built by George Washington Gale Ferris Jr. Chronicle/Alamy Legend has it he was inspired ...

When Rebecca Graff, a Ph.D. student at the University of Chicago in need of a dissertation, was told by a professor that the view before them, from the school’s Ida ...

Celebrate the 130th Birthday of the 1893 World’s Fair With These Lavish Cocktails. Meadowlark used historical archives to develop their new drinks to celebrate the World’s Columbian Exposition ...

Chicago has played host to many expositions in the city’s history — perhaps most notably to the Columbian Exposition, often called the World’s Fair of 1893.In what is now known as Jackson ...

Get a look at the ornate Elks Hall, a Kansas City landmark relocated from Chicago’s 1893 Columbian Exposition, and learn about its changing roles over the decades.