A thawing Jackson Park lagoon in March and April of 1893 would prove too inhospitable to one alligator at the World’s Fair. By Charles J. Johnson UPDATED: July 12, 2019 at 2:00 AM CDT ...

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

Chicago’s 1893 World’s Fair being brought back ... been fascinated with “The White City,” the unofficial name for over 200 incapsulating structures built on top of Jackson Park. The fair, ...

The 1893 World's Columbian Exposition — the World's Fair that gave Chicago one of the stars on the city flag — kicked off 125 years ago Tuesday.

Hey, it’s Chicago! I see the Golden Lady looming over the clubhouse whenever I play golf at Jackson Park. The neighborhood has gotten a lot rougher since 1965, and I don’t venture back at night.

Archaeologists turned up remnants of the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893, the fabled White City that drew millions of visitors to Chicago’s Jackson Park, as they scoured the site of the ...

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 ...

The 1893 World's Fair's Palace of Fine Arts is better known as the Museum of Science and Industry today. Photo: William Henry Jackson / via Flickr. 120 years ago this summer, you'd probably be ...

On May 1, 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition opened in Jackson Park. Its musical star was Ignacy Jan Paderewski, a Polish-born pianist and the world's most famous musician.