I recently went to the last town in the world that still speaks Old English and I was shocked by how much I could speak and understand. Well okay, it’s not exactly Old English, it’s a rare language ...

Climate change has put the prospect of an actual new edition of the Netherlands' iconic Elfstedentocht skating race over frozen canals and lakes on thin ice but it is relishing the drama of a previous ...

These towns are among the oldest in the Finger Lakes, each with unique histories and compact downtown districts. See the list ...

Surgery was rare and risky in the medieval period. Though medical options were limited, trans people were able to take ...

In 1784, a woman was murdered in Upper Freehold. The murderer was found guilty, but then let go. Historian Sue Kozel pieces ...

Ayo Baje Today, it is a pleasure to celebrate Sir Oyoze Baje, a man whose life is a testament to intellectual curi­osity, firm dedication, and a spirit that refuses to be confined by boundaries. As ...

Tim Berners-Lee, a British scientist, invented the World Wide Web (WWW) in 1989, while working at CERN. The Web was originally conceived and developed to meet the demand for automated ...

The director of the Romanian National History Museum has been dismissed following the high ... the museum and further inquiries in locations such as Alkmaar, Witmarsum in Friesland, Groningen, Assen, ...

“Nazis are still here, it’s not history, whatever history is.” Back in East Friesland, Albrecht Weinberg agrees that he feels history creeping up on him again in the present. It was there ...

Bavink was born on June 30, 1879, in East Friesland. His last years were sad. A son of seventeen was called up towards the end of the War and was killed. An older son had been a prisoner of war in ...

A new office building is taking shape in Jemgum, in Germany’s East Friesland region, to provide a base for round-the-clock monitoring and control of RWE’s existing and future wind farms in both ...