With the world in a bit of a mess, perhaps it's time to look back at a few moments of global cooperation. The recent Olympics is one good example (mostly) and another might be the many world's fairs ...

Ever since The World’s Fair debuted in 1851, people worldwide have been fascinated by the creativity, inspiration and ideas showcased at the esteemed event. Since then, the World’s Fair has ...

Just as Yale’s Beinecke Library is especially beautiful at night, subtly lit from underneath, so the great 19th and 20th century fairs of the world were celebrated for their great lit ways. They were ...

Adam Minter raised a number of legitimate worries in "Expo 2027 plan requires a much closer look" (Opinion Exchange, Oct. 16) about the possible effects of Minnesota winning the 2027 World Expo. He ...

The New York World's Fair turns 40 this year. In this hour, we'll take a look at the technology featured at that — and other — world's fairs. From the "Futurama" undersea city, to the IBM computer, ...

The St. Louis World’s Fair – also known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition – debuted on April 30, 1904. It lasted seven months, ending on Dec. 1. The fair featured 1,500 buildings that were made ...

They’re trying to pick up the pieces. Five historical mosaics commemorating Queens’ World Fairs will be demolished in the next few months — despite preservationists’ impassioned pleas to rescue the ...

MILWAUKEE - Hundreds of Milwaukee Public Schools students attended the ninth annual MPS World Fair on Thursday, April 11. Held at the Baird Center downtown, the World Fair allows students in grades ...

It returns the child’s eye to the retinas of men. Emerging from subway, train or even hydrofoil, the visitor to the New York World’s Fair feels that he is in a special world, full of runaway pylons, ...

ST. LOUIS — Generations of Ria Unson’s family have come to the U.S. from the Philippines for an education. She made her own move in 1985 to attend high school in Madison, Wisconsin. But it wasn’t ...

We've published a bunch of stories, photo galleries and videos this past week marking the 40th anniversary of Knoxville's World Fair, an event whose legacy lives on in surprising ways. One I loved was ...