Czech gardener Benedikt Roezl was the king of the orchid hunters. These obsessive collectors scoured the world and risked ...

Vague phrasing in the state’s Revolutionary-era Constitution enfranchised women who met specific property requirements. A ...

When the U.S. Constitution was ratified, Congress was granted power to establish post offices and mail routes — many along ...

A new theory is challenging the long-held belief that Picasso's groundbreaking "Demoiselles d'Avignon" was inspired by African art.

Whether they're fondly remembered or have been long-forgotten, all of these old-school desserts remain closely associated ...

Not in the traditional sense that the people disappeared or that buildings were left to fall into ruin, but in the sense that a purpose was lost, swallowed by something much bigger, and an identity ...

The main doors for a historic cathedral in downtown San Jose could gain a more traditional look.

A late 19th-century single-arch bridge, historically connected to the Victoria Lines and the Wignacourt aqueduct via a large metal water pipe still visible today. Wied il-Qlejgħa Bridges.

When historians and the public think about the end of domestic slavery in west Africa, they often imagine colonial governors issuing decrees and missionaries working to end local traffic in enslaved ...

The July 4, 1910 title fight between Jack Johnson and Jim Jeffries led to riots, mayhem, murder — and the racially motivated prosecution of boxing's first Black heavyweight champion.

Explainers for internal consumption on “great changes unseen in a century” and the “Great Rejuvenation of the Chinese Nation” recapitulate the themes of Liu’s book.

Leo Webster, picture specialist at Bonhams, said: “We’re exceptionally lucky to be offering paintings by of some of the most sought-after artists of dogs, from the 19th century to the 21st.