Maine's "most famous natural phenomenon" is also a reminder about responsible land use
How innovations in photography helped this 19th century journalist improve life for many of his fellow immigrants
For years patriots clamored for swatches of the enormous flag that raised spirits at “dawn’s early light”
Photographs of the abandoned battlefields reveal the trenches’ scars still run deep
Artifacts now on loan to New York City's National September 11 Memorial and Museum tell the story in ways that words cannot
Built in 1841, the Charles W. Morgan is plying the waters off New England this summer
As the hunger for more farmland stretched west, so too did the demand for enslaved labor
Nestled in between the Bronx and Manhattan, North Brother Island once housed Typhoid Mary, but now is an astonishing look at a world without humans
Take a step back in time to see the building of some of D.C.'s most famous icons
The Founding Father spent his post-presidency years presiding over a booming alcohol business
A sampling of motherly missives to the president
For 50 years, doctors-in-training learned anatomy from cadavers dug up by a former slave
The first March on Washington was a madcap affair, but in May of 1894, some 10,000 citizens descended on D.C., asking for a jobs bill
The integrated theatrical showcase had progressive ambitions but lasted only two performances
To protect themselves from unwanted advances, city women protected themselves with some sharp accessories
There are still lessons to be learned from the visionary businessman who built a city
A benefit concert presaged the opera singer’s eventual rapprochement with the Daughters of the American Revolution
With no color photos of her famous performance in existence, the brilliance of Marian Anderson's bright orange outfit has been lost, until now
In response to calls to destroy all the trees, officials rebranded them as "Oriental" rather than "Japanese"
Despite the good intentions, the biopic misleads and distorts his role in the farm workers movement
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