The Chicago Tribune reported yesterday that a class at the University of Chicago is digging for urban archeolgical treasures on land that once housed the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition.

“The project is the U. of C.’s first stab at using the city itself as an urban archeology laboratory, a means of delving into the city’s history and a way to give students hands-on experience with conducting scientific excavations.”

For more information on this fair, check out one of our perennial bestsellers The World’s Columbian Exposition: The Chicago World’s Fair of 1893 by Norman Bolotin and Christine Laing.