World’s Fairs were created to launch futuristic technology and products, but ended up selling ideas and experiences. 174 ...

From snorkeling to a shipwreck to fishing in the lake, observing NASCAR to a rodeo, Geoffrey Baer explores Chicago's lakefront and all it has to offer in his latest special.

The car company used his image in ads, and at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair, displayed a mechanical talking, breathing Pontiac, who a year later was on display in downtown St. Louis at Famous Bar.

Can you recall the sensation of stepping off a fairground ride as a child, emerging from a dark, narrow tunnel, back into the ...

Did the Packers' 'G' logo come before Georgia used it? Does the team have a mascot? Where'd the name come from? We answer ...

The renown Gustavo Dudamel conducted the LA Philharmonic for the world premiere of Good News Mass by Carlos Simon. It’s ...

The Green Bay Packers are often connected to the Acme Meat Packing Company, which long ago closed its doors during World War II ... At the time, Chicago sports fans used "cheesehead" as ...

Often referred to simply as “Mies,” the architect and furniture designer was born in Germany in 1886 and relocated to Chicago, Illinois in ... At the 2025 edition of the world’s most prestigious ...

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Malvina Hoffman/Field Museum of Natural History When sculptor Malvina Hoffman's“Races of Mankind” exhibit opened at Chicago's Field Museum in 1933 , it characterized race as a biological reality, ...