As the 19th century came to a close, prominent figures and institutions offered up their assessments as to how it would best be remembered and predicted what the 20th century held in store. Comparing ...
A fight among a group of young men turned into a deadly shooting aboard an L.A. Metro bus on Wednesday afternoon, according ...
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 ...
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 Park, the ...
The INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION OF 1909 was a massive exhibit of Cleveland manufacture that showcased the products of Cleveland industries. The exhibition, planned in 1908 by the Chamber of Commerce as an ...
The Kentucky Exposition Center is getting a $393 million renovation. The project will kick off next year and will be completed in two phases. The renovation will increase the venue’s “Class A” space ...
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Carl Sandburg called the city “Hog butcher for the world” — and was awarded a $200 prize — for his 1914 poem “Chicago.” For stock men and women, cowboys, ...