A partnership between RIT history department, RIT Press, and the Rochester Public Library relaunched the Rochester History ...

Albert Akeny "A.A." Stewart was a salesman in Cincinnati and brought three whales to the city. He later died on the Titanic.

As the founder of Woman’s Art Journal and the author of influential textbooks, she documented the work of many accomplished artists who had been ignored.

The Marlette Flume was hardly Nevada’s only 19th-century engineering wonder: the Silver State’s rise was built on ambitious ...

The Belsize Park home has been the site of photo shoots featuring Kate Moss, and a garden by a landscaper for British royalty ...

A great dust cloud passed through Oklahoma on this Sunday in 1935. Woody Guthrie said, "We thought it was our doom." ...

By the mid-19th century, the proud young country wanted a voice of its own. Over the next 50 years, it produced one.

Rare, problematic portrait of 19th-century enslaved man named Frederick sells to unknown buyer at New Orleans auction for ...

From time to time, we check in on the state’s towns with fewer than 100 residents. See how they've shrunk or grown.

Richard White, the historian and author of "The Republic for Which It Stands," explains what made the late 19th century ...

The trails around Cold Spring offer some of the most rewarding views in the Hudson Valley. Breakneck Ridge isn’t called that ...

Join the Rice County Historical Society for our first Riverside Rendezvous & History Festival on May 10 and 11 from 9-5 at North Alexander Park! This living history event is ...