“I like the way the branches move in the wind — it creates interesting geometry with the railroad tracks,” said Jason, 17, who lives nearby and occasionally walks the abandoned tracks. “It feels like ...

“It’s not going to be a simple task, but it’s an incredible opportunity to bring back something so critical for the community ...

A small mirror sits on the windowsill of Allyn Perry’s living room revealing a view of the original Erie Canal built in 1825.

As a nascent fighting force, the Continental Army was underestimated for the entirety of the American Revolutionary War. Just ...

S tep back in time with Caumsett—a 100-year-old Long Island estate that once symbolized Gilded Age excess, now reborn as a ...

Author Russell Shorto often visited St. Mark’s Church in-the-Bowery’s cemetery when he lived in New York City’s East Village neighborhood a quarter-century ago. It was home to the remains of Peter ...