The free searchable database will feature 7,000 pieces from the museum's 35,000-item collection and about 1,000 images have ...

Northern Trust is one of Chicago’s most storied companies. Its colorful back story includes building a makeshift branch that handled the banking needs of vendors and attendees at the Columbian ...

This story is the first of three about the building housing the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry in Jackson Park.

Located on Chicago’s iconic Lake Michigan shore, the Field Museum opened its current building to the public in 1921—but our story began years earlier.

Whalebacks were invented and designed by Capt. Alexander McDougall (1845-1923), a Scottish immigrant and industrialist.

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

APRIL, the 2025 World Expo opened in Osaka, Japan. With an estimated US$66 billion price tag and unique setting on an ...

Geneva’s Swedish Days is marking its diamond jubilee this year with the theme, “A Stroll Through History — Celebrating 75 ...

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.

Burnham designed four skyscrapers in Cincinnati, including the Clopay Building (now Fourth & Walnut Centre). He famously designed the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago and the ...

The four stars represent events in the city's history: Fort Dearborn, The Great Chicago Fire of 1871, The World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, and The Century of Progress Exposition of 1933–34.

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 .