Crossing the Atlantic in the 1700s was no easy feat. The fastest ships could make the voyage in as little as a month, but for ...

The location of Trump's immigrant detention center has a painful history of incarceration, abuse, and private interests.

Singapore, Michigan was a 19th century lumber town along the Kalamazoo River in west Michigan. Here's how it became a "ghost ...

A controversy has erupted over the changes made regarding the Mughal rulers in the new NCERT social science book of class 8. The debate has intensified among historians and educationists regarding the ...

Native Americans have a history that goes back millennia — rooted in generations of strength and resilience that continue to influence our world today.

Trump’s brutal cuts to arts funding demonstrate the vulnerability of a culture sector tied to state ideology. How will Chicago rebuild?

Step inside this Bed-Stuy brownstone and you’ll swear you’ve been whisked back to a jazz venue in 1940s Brooklyn. Housed in a 19th-century home with floral drapes, moody lamps and live music, this ...

Visiting historic sites tethers individuals to the stories of the early members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ...

Tubbs' summer internship has become a teachable moment for the whole city. By Anjulie Rao Just east of the White River in ...

When President Abraham Lincoln's assassin was tracked down and fatally shot, among the items found on him was a daybook diary ...

Heather Cox Richardson lives in Maine and teaches 19th-century American history at Boston College.

For Christian de Rezendes, the documentary has been a labor of love, one he didn't expect to grow so big and take so long.