. >> reporter: an arresan architel marvel. costing dozens their lives. >> 17 were killed and then later the fires. >> there were other world fairs but this one was industrial and enormously success. whole villages from across the globe and their inhabits were shipped to the city of big shoulders. the city's emblem is this massive wheel storing 100 feet higher than the ferris wheel that now anchors chicago's navy pier. >> people came to look at the future. >> it was short lived. the white city built on a swamp and torn down as soon as it ended. >> reporter: it's hard to find a lasting remnant on the city landscape. this is one of the few. now chicago's museum of science and industry. but then it was a palace of fine arts. they needed one permanent structure to safeguard the masterpiece of the day. what was left behind was this, meteorites now reliving the landmark fair. >> then there is this, a giant louis vuitton in moscow's is having moscow showing red. the designer luggage has been there as part of the exhibit on the company