The Hermansen family was well-known in Lake Geneva during the 1950s, and, in fact, has been well-known since 1912. The now-legendary Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair) was held in Chicago in 1893 ...

This video provides a detailed map-based summary of Pre-Columbian America, exploring the vast range of indigenous societies, from the advanced urban centers of the Maya, Aztec, and Inca empires to ...

Top administration officials are taking steps that will enhance President Donald Trump’s control of national security policy and minimize the consideration of dissenting views.

Join Chicago architect Daniel Burnham, director of works for the 1893 Columbian Exposition, for a relaxing day at the fair with the Glen Ellyn Historical Society. Experience the grandeur of the ...

Said to have been constructed in the 1890s from wood salvaged from Chicago’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, the Round Barn will be refurbished this year as part of a $2.5 million project by the ...

Instead, her sights went to what lay beneath — evidence of the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition, an unexcavated but huge part of Chicago’s history. Held in celebration of the 400th ...

Intended as a keystone attraction to rival the 1889 Paris Exposition’s 324-metre Eiffel Tower, the first Ferris Wheel was the Columbian Exposition’s tallest attraction, standing 264 ft ...

Is a bridge in northern Indiana built from the ruins of the very first Ferris wheel? In 1893, Chicago was hoping to make an attraction that would surpass the Eiffel Tower's success at the Paris ...

Ginsburg hopes the assignment will help students cultivate creative habits, slow down and pay closer attention to the world around them. “Art practice constitutes a species of research,” Scappettone ...

And, in a reunion that took over a century, one of Tiffany’s most significant glass mosaics — also created for the 1893 Columbian Exposition — is hanging right outside the chapel.

Antique map dealer Sammy Berk has acquired the original architectural plans for the old Chicago Stadium, which was the largest indoor arena in the world at the time, and was a blend of neoclassical… ...