A South Carolina inmate is set to die by firing squad Friday, a rare execution method in the United States that experts say more places may turn to.

Josh Dubbert, a historian from the Hayes Presidential Library & Museums, will discuss the legacy of Currier and Ives during a ...

The field’s failure to integrate medical services in the mid-20th century set the stage for its current troubles ...

Nearly a year has passed since the City Council decided to clear the way for the demolition of a 19th-century building on Free Street. A judge will decide soon whether that vote — or the building — ...

To commemorate Women's History Month, World Cafe is looking back on a century's worth of music history. Every week in March, we're pinpointing distinct moments of every year from the past 100 years, a ...

Even at the height of the transparency fad, New York had plenty of old brick and stone left, of course, ranging in quality ...

Commanding a prime corner on a patrician block on Commonwealth Avenue in the heart of Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood, The ...

The award, one of the most prestigious among scholars of American history, honors “scope, significance, depth of research and richness of interpretation.” ...

Yet, like Tolstoy’s Levin, many today are skeptical and scared of rapid advancements in technology. This is understandable – change is scary, especially when it happens so fast. So many of our ...

At the top of Preservation Chicago's annual list of endangered buildings is one built on Randolph Street just after the ...

A ubiquitous presence in New York’s art world, he also existed outside it, using 19th-century techniques to create ethereal, ...

Even a century after its construction—and roughly 80 years after it went out of service—there are still lessons to be learned ...