Among the more obscure events in American history involves the Liberty Bell's travels by rail car around the United States to be placed on exhibit at numerous World's Fairs. From 1885 to 1915, the Liberty Bell traveled by rail on seven separate trips to eight different World's Fair exhibitions visiting nearly 400 cities and towns on those trips coast to coast.

At the time, the Liberty Bell's trips were widely publicized so that each town where the Liberty Bell train stopped was well prepared for their venerable guest. Each stop on the way to the host World's Fair exhibition lasted anywhere from a few minutes to a couple of hours. The Liberty Bell was nearly always met with military salutes, parades, patriotic music and throngs of cheering men, women and children.

• 1885 - Philadelphia to New Orleans for the World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition
• 1893 - Philadelphia to Chicago for the World's Columbian Exposition
• 1895-96 - Philadelphia to Atlanta for the Cotton States and International Exposition
• 1902 - Philadelphia to Charleston, S.C., for the Inter-State and West Indian Exposition
• 1903 - Philadelphia to Boston for the 128th Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill
• 1904 - Philadelphia to St. Louis for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition (the St. Louis World's Fair)
• 1915 - Philadelphia to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific Exposition and to San Diego for the Panama California Exposition