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# World’s Fair
Featured · Long Read
We Can Thank the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair for These Amazing Things
In the late 1800s, Chicago had a goal to transform its image from a stockyard city to a world-class destination. They accomplished this by winning the bid for the 1893 World's Fair,…
American History
The Sickening Story of How a Congolese Man Was Displayed in a Zoo in 1906
In the early months of 1904, Samuel Philips Verner found himself hacking his way through the thick jungles of the…
Crime
This Man May be the Deadliest Serial Killer in American History: H.H. Holmes and His Castle of Death
Herman Webster Mudgett, better known as H.H. Holmes, is often called ‘America’s first serial killer.’ Whether or not that is…