In early and mid-2025, a claim that "only 1.6% of US citizens owned slaves in 1860" resurfaced and circulated widely online, ...

Built in 1860, this majestic castle was once a luxury hotel for Europe’s elite. Today, it stands forgotten, overtaken by nature and time. We explore its grand staircases, faded ballrooms, and ...

We followed a 160-year-old Civil War map straight into the past—armed with metal detectors and a deep respect for history. Each beep brought us closer to uncovering relics left behind by soldiers and ...

The Centre de la Louisiane sign, marking the geographic center of Louisiana, stands on Old River Road in Mansura, about 5 ...

After 165 years, journalist Herbert Ingram's pocket watch, lost in the Lady Elgin sinking on Lake Michigan, has returned to his hometown of Boston, England.

Five engines and 80 firefighters were working to contain the Cub Fire, 7 miles east of Fort McDowell, according to the U.S.

School – and the federal government's role in it – has been a topic of debate in the U.S. since the very first Department of Education was created.

The map currently shows that the worst air quality in America is in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Michigan, and Indiana—the states directly under some of the worst fires in Manitoba and ...

Last American slave ship is discovered in Alabama. The schooner Clotilda smuggled African captives into the U.S. in 1860, more than 50 years after importing slaves was outlawed.

By the conclusion of the trans-Atlantic slave trade at the end of the 19th century, Europeans had enslaved and transported more than 12.5 million Africans.

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

To recreate the historic Pony Express runs, volunteers on horseback are riding from California to St. Joe, where the last rider is expected to arrive Saturday night.