How soldiers in Europe's only private army carry 19th century rifles. The 12th Duke of Atholl stands alongside Prince Michael of Kent at the Atholl Highlanders' parade at Blair Castle, May 2012.

Looking back as a historian of immigration and religion, I'm struck by three changes in U.S. views of immigration over the course of the 19th century.. Religion, more than race. By the 20th ...

Throughout human history, Oldstone-Moore identified four periods where facial hair was the norm: the second century A.D., the Middle Ages, the Renaissance and the 19th century in Europe and ...

A bloody 19th-century health craze almost drove these creatures extinct. European medicinal leeches were famous for their popular purpose: treatment for everything from cancer to mental illness.

Over the past year, a comparatively obscure 19th-century painting by a little-known French-German artist has captured the imagination of audiences across social media, drawing viewers in through ...