President Donald Trump has praised the Gilded Age , which he believes was a time of immense national prosperity thanks to ...

There weren't any laws against abortion in the U.S. until the 19th century—and as those laws grew more restrictive, many women sought abortions in secret. Surgeon George T. Strother, shown at ...

When the Lady Elgin sank on Lake Michigan in 1860, British journalist and politician Herbert Ingram was lost to the deep, but 165 years later his pocket watch has returned home. The steamship ...

At some point in the mid-19th century over one hundred academies — precursors to today’s pubic and private high schools — from Hudson in Columbia County, to Flatbush in Brooklyn, as well as ...

The Polish elections scheduled for June 1 will further indicate the scope of this ideological battle across Eastern Europe. Until then, however, Dan’s victory in Romania could be interpreted as ...

A Nawrocki victory would be a triumph for Polish nationalism and provide President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement with a stalwart ally on Nato’s eastern flank. As the election campaign draws to a close, ...

There’s been a break in 30-year-old cold case mystery at the Jersey Shore after experts confirmed skeletal remains found on three beaches belonged to a 19th-century boat captain. The bones from ...

A 19th Century heritage padlock, discovered by friend of Squire Locks Nick Fothergill To do this, it’s believed that Lord Braye combined the padlock with a chain to prevent the vehicle from ...

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Tell us about your home. I adore living in our house. Every room has its unique charm, and while it’s in an urban setting it has a very rural old-world feel. Dating back almost 300 years you get the ...

Photo: Stephen Emms But what of the historic pile? Built in the late 1860’s in the Corinthian style, it was a place of worship for almost a century before the London Drama Centre took over in 1963.

But valuable lessons lie in a more distant chapter: the rise and eventual breakdown of the Concert of Europe. This early 19th-century security system, devised after the Napoleonic Wars, preserved ...