Landmark Landings

Historical marker location:

2021 North Stockton Drive, Chicago, Illinois

( Marker can be reached from North Stockton Drive, 0.1 miles south of West Dickens Drive.)

The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893. The fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the New World, and it attracted over 27 million visitors from around the world.