The World's Columbian Exposition established a Neo-Classical revival in Chicago and across America. Although the Court of Honor influenced American architecture for decades to come, most visitors ...

Chicagoans and tourists alike have fallen under the spell of Jackson Park’s cherry trees, which are in full blossom for the ...

Eiffel himself proposed an idea: a bigger tower. Merci, mais non. As plans for the World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago took shape, there was a void where its exclamation point was meant to ...

It was getting late. The lecture hall was stifling from a day of blazing sun, which had tormented the throngs visiting the nearby Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, a carnival of never-before ...

The Friends of the Viking Ship bought a property in downtown Geneva so the organization could build a museum to house the ...

Pabst is releasing Pabst Light, the first new light beer in over 40 years. Miller Lite was released in 1975, followed by Coors Light in 1978 and Budweiser Light in 1982.

Located in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago's South Side, the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry is open daily from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Limited hours apply for select dates, so be sure to ...

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 ...