The Chicago World Fair
If you've ever seen the musical Meet Me In Saint Louis, you know just what a big, fat, deal going to the World's Fair was. (Hint: a big enough deal that they made a Judy Garland musical about going...
Ferris Wheel
Yup: the Chicago World's Fair didn't just introduce to the world to newfangled inventions like the zipper and the lightbulb—it also gave the world its first spin on a Ferris Wheel. But George Was...
Holmes’ Castle
The internet is full of various Airbnb horror stories—filthy bathrooms, weird smells, freaky hosts, twenty-two beds in one apartment…But none of these—none of them—is as bad as the Airbnb s...
Fire
Where there's smoke, there's fire. And there's a lot of red and black going on in The Devil in the White City. Here are a few of the instances where fire rears its flaming head:It helps the plaster...