Seventy years ago this week, a hamburger joint named McDonald’s opened in northwest suburban Des Plaines. No one except for its Oak Park-raised owner Ray Kroc may have believed the tiny to-go place ...

It's home to one of the oldest wooden roller coasters in the country, a piece of Winter Dance Party history and a bar owner ...

Bob McKenney has over 600 career wins. He's taking the helm of an OnTECH program with just 14 in its brief history.

It was like he was looking right at me.” These were the words Heidy Baker uttered when she saw the bronze statue of her late ...

The Village Voice reports on how the Bavarian National Museum has returned silver stolen from Jews during World War II.

The new three-part documentary recounts the true story behind the daring De Beers diamond raid at the Millennium Dome in 2000 ...

In October 1864, according to local lore, three women walked to the community cemetery in the village of Boalsburg, Centre ...

Last year, for my birthday, my wife gave me a copy of “ I Remember ,” an unusual memoir by the artist Joe Brainard. It’s a ...

A Black man’s heart was used without permission in a landmark surgery. Virginia Commonwealth University is making sure people ...

A rededication ceremony at the Skitten airfield memorial was hailed as “a really fitting tribute” to the 41 men who died in ...

DETROW: His new book "Walking New York City: Manhattan History On Foot" takes a deep dive into how the streetscapes of New York took shape over the centuries. TAILLON: The population really only had ...

Caption: Some P.E.I. high school students are headed off to Europe to learn the history of the Second World War in a very up close and personal way. Hannah Heyman and Ian Sharpe join Sheehan ...