A Q&A with author Russell Shorto on the early colonial history of New Amsterdam in the lead-up to a confrontation with the ...

Donnacha Ó Beacháin shares an extract from the introduction to his new book, Unfinished Empire: Russian Imperialism in ...

Her granduncle, the Raja of Wanaparthy, Ramdev Rao, built one of the first art deco buildings in the city for a new home he was building in the early 1930s. It is now the Muffakham Jah College of ...

Researchers from the School of Architecture and Landscape and School of Geography and Planning help launch Play England’s new national strategy at the House of Commons. Play England has published a ...

Rick Atkinson will appear in Saratoga and Fort Plain to discuss Revolutionary War history and his newest book, "The Fate of the Day" ...

The New England colonies were established in the 1600s by Puritans seeking to escape religious persecution. However, the area was home to about 60,000 natives long before that. For a dreamy escape to ...

White sharks return to New England waters — on cue for beach days, 'Jaws' 50th anniversary. ... Experts advise beachgoers to be "shark smart" by avoiding seal colonies and staying close to shore.

Fisher pointed out how the map shows a group of Indigenous enslaved people from New England that were shipped to Tangier, Morocco, in the 1670s, and forced to build a breakwater there. At one point, ...

French President Emmanuel Macron plans to mark the 200th anniversary of Haiti’s independence debt to France by announcing a series of initiatives. But will they be enough?

Until that time, many Colonies—New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware—were really on the fence about whether to go the route of independence. And Virginia’s unanimous vote really changed ...

Starting Point newsletter Politically, New Hampshire stands apart from the rest of New England. Here’s why. The state’s geography and history, plus the evolution of the national GOP, have ...