Cities

Archaeologists diving off the coast of Nabeul, Tunisia.

Ruins of a Roman City Found Off the Coast of Tunisia

The city destroyed by a 4th-century tsunami is rediscovered

Eleanor Roosevelt's Surprising Connection to a Dire Town

When first lady Eleanor Roosevelt first visited the mining town of Scotts Run, she was stunned by the poverty she encountered

Unionville today: The photographer used a process called intaglio printing to give her pictures an antique appearance.

After the Civil War, African-American Veterans Created a Home of Their Own: Unionville

One-hundred-fifty years later, the Maryland town remains a bastion of resilience and a front line in the battle over Confederate monuments

The battered remnants of Fritz Koenig's "Sphere" will return to the World Trade Center site after years of exile.

The World Trade Center's Only Surviving Art Heads Home

Battered, but not broken, Fritz Koenig's "Sphere" is being reinstalled near its original location at Ground Zero

Casey stands at bat in a 1912 illustrated version of the poem.

‘Casey at the Bat’ Leaves a Lot of Unanswered Questions

Was there a Casey? Where did he strike out? Does it really matter?

The Devastating 1926 Hurricane that Halted the Growth of Miami

In 1926, the Miami economy was soaring, fueled by wealthy northerners attracted to the tropical climate and beaches

How Baltimore Quietly Became the East Coast's Next Cool City

One native Marylander travels to the city he first knew as a kid to meet the doers and dreamers driving Baltimore's next act

Portrait of Florence Thompson, aged 32, that was part of Lange's "Migrant Mother" series. Lange's notes detailed that the family had "seven hungry children," including the one pictured here. " Nipomo, California, circa 1936.

Meet 10 Depression-Era Photographers Who Captured the Struggle of Rural America

Two women and eight men were sent out with their cameras in 1930s America. What they brought back was an indelible record of a period of struggle

Great riot at the Astor Place opera house, New York on Thursday evening May 10th, 1849

When New York City Rioted Over Hamlet Being Too British

In the deadly Astor Place Riot, how to perform Shakespeare served as a proxy for class warfare

Images of Yosemite, like this one taken circa 1865, helped increase public appetite for the park.

Lincoln's Signature Laid the Groundwork for the National Park System

The "Yo-Semite Valley" was made a California state park on this day in 1864, but it quickly became a national park

Once Upon a Place brings phone booths back to Times Square to tell immigrant stories.

Phone Booths Are Back in Times Square—And This Time, They’re Telling Immigrant Stories

<i>Once Upon a Place</i> features the oral histories of 70 immigrants

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See Yerevan Through a Local's Lens

Eduard Kankanyan's visual journals offer a view into Armenia's capital that most travelers don't see

Soon, this island will become a cultural treasure.

San Francisco Is Creating Its Own Governors Island

Treasure Island will turn into a major cultural destination under new, multi-billion dollar plan

This moving bowl will soon commemorate German reunification in Berlin.

Germany Moves Forward with Controversial Monument to Reunification

The German Memorial to Freedom and Unity has a fraught history

Rendering of the Innerbelt National Forest, a "pop-up forest" in Akron, Ohio

An Ohio City is Turning an Unused Highway Into a Pop-Up Forest

Akron, Ohio hopes to fight urban inequality by removing a divisive highway. Other cities across America are looking into doing the same.

This huge temple was lurking beneath the site of a hotel.

Gigantic Aztec Temple Unearthed in Mexico City

It was built in tribute to the wind god

Once rare floods could afflict cities like San Diego more often in the future, a new study finds.

Catastrophic Coastal Floods Could Become Much More Likely

A new study predicts a median 40-fold increase in flood frequency by 2050

"I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris," President Trump said during his announcement that the United States would be leaving the Paris agreement. Pictured: a steel mill in the Monongahela Valley of East Pittsburgh in the early 1970's.

How America Stacks Up When It Comes to Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Hint: We're not number one, but we're close

"Oh, hello. I didn't see you there. I was just catching up on my latest diary entry."

Samuel Pepys Was England's First Blogger

The famed blogger—okay, diarist—told historians so much about 17th-century daily life in England, but he could have told us so much more

This Engineering Job Is Not for the Faint-Hearted

The engineers working on 3 World Trade Center in New York are among the most daring around

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