Archaeologists have identified two potential mass graves of Black Union soldiers who were targeted by Confederate guerrillas ...

Easter is over, but Mardi Gras is coming to New Orleans, Mobile, and four towns between them on the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

Jesup welcomes visitors with classic small-town Georgia charm that hits you the moment you arrive. The peaceful downtown area ...

In the early 1870s the struggling Bethlehem Iron Company- later Steel- was attempting to make the technological transition ...

The Coast Starlight has been shuttling riders along the Pacific since Amtrak launched, in 1971, and it's still one of the ...

Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of George D. Pratt. The Smithsonian Institution came of age in the era of Manif ...

Confederate symbols, and their continued valorization, rob us of an opportunity to understand our own rich “people’s heritage ...

Illinois has a deep connection to the Underground Railroad. That's why lawmakers are pushing an initiative to preserve sites ...

U.S. stocks made big gains amid clear signs of relief Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he would not attempt to ...

Chesapeake Bay, Baltimore, Harriet Taubman, Babe Ruth, blue crabs and Edgar Allen Poe are some of what Maryland is known for.

An assessment of restoring the historic Mayhew Cabin and John Brown’s Cave site in Nebraska City estimates it would cost in ...