Gallery: Trippy World's Fair Structures Are Relics of Forgotten Utopias
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*Montreal 1967 World's Fair, "Man and His World," Buckminster Fuller's Geodesic Dome With Solar Experimental House, 2012*
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*Brussels 1958 World's Fair, "A New World: A New Humanism," Atomium, 2007*
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*New York 1964 World's Fair, "Peace Through Understanding," New York State Pavilion, 2008*
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*Philadelphia 1876 World's Fair, "Centennial Exposition," Building of the State of Ohio, 2008*
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*Montreal 1967 World's Fair, "Man and His World," Habitat '67, 2012*
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*Spokane 1974 World's Fair, "Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment," United States Pavilion, 2007*
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*Brussels 1897 World's Fair, "Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles," Grand Mosque, 2008*
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*New Orleans 1884 World's Fair, "World Cotton Centennial," Audubon Park, 2008*
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*Paris 1889 / 1937 World's Fairs, "Exposition Universelle / La Vie Moderne," Eiffel Tower, Trocadero, and Palais de Chaillot, 2007*
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*Philadelphia 1876 World's Fair, "Centennial Exposition," Memorial Hall, 2008*
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*Spokane 1974 World's Fair, "Celebrating Tomorrow's Fresh New Environment," United States Pavilion / Imax Theater, 2007*
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*Chicago 1933 World's Fair, "A Century of Progress International Exposition," Site of North Lagoon, 2008*
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*Buffalo 1901 World's Fair, "The Pan Am Exposition Site of Stadium and Four-Mile Track, 2009*
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