Bahá’í House of Worship Exterior -Bahá’í House of Worship On the shores of Lake Michigan, not far from where the North Canal meets the harbor at the Chicago suburb of Wilmette, stands the architecturally unique Bahá’í House of Worship. How it came to be built in the heart of the United States is a story that begins with the Worlds Columbian Exposition in 1893. Inspired by news of the first Bahá’...