New panels on display at the Art Institute had to survive the 1893 World's Fair, arson, and decades of Bear fan butts while stashed under the Soldier Field bleachers to get where they are today. more ›

As the Shanghai Expo opens, a look back at World's Fairs of the past, including two in Chicago. more ›

The 1893 World's Fair is still long remembered for many reasons, not least of which because of the way it was captured in book form. But the Museum of Science and Industry is using this year's centennial celebration of Daniel Burnham's Plan for Chicago as a reason to revisit the White City. The UCLA Urban Simulation Team, led by Lisa M. Snyder, has recreated the World's Fair as it looked originally and will be presenting their recreation at the MSI. more ›