They were extracted from the Amazon in the 19th century and exported to Europe; the trade was accelerated by the invention of Wardian cases, an early version of the modern terrarium.

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will kick-off on June 11. These are some of the numbers and dates you need to remember. A year away from the 2026 World Cup, the international soccer landscape is murky.

When World’s Fair architect Daniel Hudson Burnham is murdered by a young doctor named Henry H. Holmes in Chicago in 1893, Americans are shocked, especially when they learn that Holmes had built ...

Ticket prices to attend the fair, located in World's Fair Park in downtown Knoxville, were $8.25 for children under 11, $9.95 for people 12-54, and those 55 and older got a 70-cent discount at $9.25.

As Columbianism swept the nation, in 1893 Lady Columbia gave her name and her likeness to posters for the World’s Columbian Exposition—that year’s world’s fair in Chicago.

During the fair, French author Marion Brunet was announced as the winner of the 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, the world’s largest children’s book prize.

This reel from the *Home Movies: Medicus Collection: New York World's Fair, 1939-40* offers a vivid Kodachrome glimpse into the "World of Tomorrow," showcasing an extraordinary range of exhibits ...

Jules Berg, 15, a 10th grader at Ephrata High School, talks to judges during the North Museum Science and Engineering Fair at Millersville University on Thursday, March 13, 2025.

Tulsa’s largest career fair is coming up, and employers can get a discount by reserving their booths early. The Tulsa World Media Co. is hosting the career fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday ...

In the World's Fair spirit of unity, preservationists hope to find common ground with the city while there's still time. You can email Elle with Queens story ideas by CLICKING HERE.

The boardwalk has its roots in the early 20th century when Mayor Pereira Passos rolled out a major urban renewal project across the neighbourhood of Copacabana. This picture here, taken outside the ...

Harbor units from both the NYPD and the FDNY raced to the pier, at the site of the 1964 New York World's Fair, at about 9 a.m. Friday, Oct. 18, 2024, after witnesses called 911 and said the car ...