On May 20, 1875, delegates from a group of 17 countries gathered in Paris to sign what may be the most overlooked yet ...

Private Collection / Smithsonian American Art Museum At the start of the 19th century, the United States was still a place where many people ate what they grew and many women made the family clothes.

A 19th-century farmhouse in Suffolk is on the market ... Its layout, featuring three floors, is suited for family life and hosting guests. The ground floor comprises a grand sitting room and ...

Hidden deep in rural America lies a remarkable piece of history - a 19th-century farmhouse, long abandoned yet mysteriously still powered by electricity. In this episode, we explore the haunting ...

Britain's textile factories churned into life as the Industrial ... Replaying the tariff wars of the 19th century could restore the status quo of American dominance. But this, too, is an illusion.

Contortionist Maud Wagner began tattooing with her husband and became a symbol of freedom and bodily autonomy through her ...

a curator at New York’s American Folk Art Museum, where an exhibition of art representing Black subjects from the 17th to 19th centuries opens in November. During that era, Black figures in art ...

The sprawling, 8,590 sq ft property has a dining room, library, drawing room, sitting room, three studies, a family room ... 46 houses built in the early 19th century along the Royal Canal ...

Lexington (April 5th) highlighted the revolution in university research in America after the second world ... According to the World Bank, Ivory Coast’s life expectancy in 2022 stood at just ...

Incredibly intelligent, oodles of energy and super loyal, retrievers make great working dogs as well as beloved family pets.

They are typically artifacts from within the last century that get misplaced for a few decades. This book in particular was donated by a family with close ties to the surgeon who anatomized Corder ...

or “conductors,” risked their lives to help enslaved people flee north to freedom in early 19th century America. It’s a story Keown believes is as undeniable as it is powerful. Visitors can ...