A world's fair used to be a really big deal.

They would draw tens of millions of visitors and they would showcase some of the most cutting edge advancements in science and technology.

They were also responsible for the creation of some of the most iconic structures in the world.

Nowadays, not so much.

Read more about World's Fares and how they shaped history

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Visit Volkswagen Convention, scientific breakthroughs, and fantastic structures all built at World's Fairs, as well

as several Olympic Games being hosted along with them.

So I figured it was time that World Fairs got their own attention.

Prior to the development of mass communication, spreading ideas was difficult and time consuming.

Ideas, especially complicated technical ideas, had to be spread by print.

Even then, it wasn't quite the same thing as meeting someone watching a demonstration of something

and being able to ask them questions.

The reason why communication was so difficult was that traveling was so difficult.

Most people would never have traveled beyond 20 miles from where they

grew up. If you made a long voyage like immigrating to another country, it was usually a

one-way trip. It was in this light that World Fares were created.

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