Jade Doskow takes pictures of optimism frozen in time. For almost 10 years, the New York-based photographer has traveled around the planet to the sites where millions once gathered for World's Fairs.

Not much is left of the massive buildings built for the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair. Despite a rocky start, the event became ...

While on a walking tour of downtown Saint Louis, Missouri, I was surprised to stop at a building that originally stood in New York City. Now an IMO's Pizza restaurant, the concrete structure was first ...

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This article was written by Martha Hayden and originally appeared on The Restless Viking website on January 28, 2025. Imagine. It’s 1893 and you embark upon “The White City,” Chicago’s World Fair.

Up into the Space Needle the ANTIQUES ROADSHOW team went for a chat about World's Fair posters with expert Nicholas Lowry. With the Seattle, Washington, sky setting the stage, Nicho delved into the ...

This spring, Untapped New York celebrated the 60th anniversary of New York City’s 1964-65 World’s Fair with our Chief Experience Officer Justin Rivers, Queens Theatre, Queensboro Dance Festival, World ...

NEW YORK -- You can just barely see them through the window of the No. 7 subway as it rattles into the elevated station in Corona, Queens: a gigantic steel sphere, two rocket ships, and towers that ...

The 51 million people who attended the 1964 World's Fair over two seasons at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park set a world record for an international exposition. The guests included the Rev. Martin Luther ...

The Panama-Pacific International Exposition was held in San Francisco in 1915. After it ended, the fair’s temporary structures had to be razed. By John Otis In 1915, San Francisco held the World’s ...