Hundreds of antique Victorian-era shoes recently washed ashore along a stretch of coastline, puzzling residents and ...

In the late 19th century, Brooklynites had many ways to celebrate the New Year, but the ability to participate depended on ...

When I first visited Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art not long after it opened in 2011, I arrived prepared to be ...

With works from Alphonse Mucha, Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele, the gallery centers its collection on the artists celebrating ...

Check one, two; check one, two; is this thing on? Over on The Public Domain Review [Lucas Thompson] takes us for a spin through sound, as it was in Britain around and through the 1800s. The ...

A new recording of a 19th-century song celebrates the history and rebirth of Lahaina as once the center of Hawaiian royalty.

A bitter election. Social unrest and violence at home and abroad that seem to augur ruinous times. A gaping political divide fed in part by new technology and ways to communicate. Sound familiar?

Lavishly illustrated postcard-sized paper labels pasted on mill-manufactured cloth reflected and even subverted ideas of ...

If you like quiet roads and places where history feels close, these abandoned towns offer cabins, mine ruins, and dune ...

Fort Darnet, a 19th-century fort on the River Medway, was auctioned for more than double its initial price after 40 years ...

The old light fixtures we see so often in Brooklyn townhouses that we think are original to the building are quite often early electric lights or mid 20th century chandeliers. “It is rare to find ...