The wreck captures a tragic moment in maritime history during the 19th century Australian gold rushes. The 800-ton sailing ship was beginning its journey back to the Netherlands in June 1857 when ...

Some of the oldest landscape photographs of England have been acquired by Historic England, providing a glimpse into the country in the 19th century. More than 8,000 photos that depict English ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Allysia Finley, Jason Riley, and Kim Strassel. Photo: Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/AP/Terrence Antonio James/Zuma Press/Chris O'Meara/AP Will the ...

NORWOOD, Ohio (WXIX) - Fire roared through a 19th-century home under renovation in Norwood early Thursday, causing the roof to collapse. The house at Hudson and Floral avenues has been vacant ...

Languages: English. Art from the 19th Century depicting Native American life was put on display in North Dakota on Wednesday. The State Historical Society of North Dakota bought 26 aquatints made ...

The androids’ hardware and software can generate comedy or tragedy. But either way, these 19th-century automatons on 21st-century stages reaffirm that the uncanny valley stretches centuries into ...

PATERSON — The Art Factory complex, a collection of once-vacant mid-19th century industrial buildings converted into artist studios and banquet halls, is scheduled for auction later this month b ...

For several months in 1898, a pair of male lions turned the Tsavo region of Kenya into their own human hunting grounds, killing many construction workers who were building the Kenya-Uganda railway.

Photo from Tomasz Stachura, Marek Cacaj, Baltictech A 19th-century shipwreck filled with luxurious liquid cargo was recently discovered off the coast of Sweden. A team of Polish divers with the ...

Their hunch was right. The divers swam down to discover a 19th century sailing ship "in very good condition, loaded to the sides with champagne, wine, mineral water and porcelain." "I've been a ...

In the middle of the 19th century, a growing immigrant population and the use of patronage as a source of power and a wellspring of voter support enabled politicians like Tweed to rise to prominence.

Her eclectic creations were inspired by museum antiquities and frequent trips to England, where she scoured antique shops and market stalls for 18th- and 19th-century pewter plates and chargers.