“An Enemy of the People,” Henrik Ibsen’s 1882 play about a doctor-turned-whistle-blower, is never out of season. But it would be challenging to find a 19th century drama that speaks as ...

Nestled in an alley behind rowhouses in West Baltimore’s Hollins Market neighborhood, standalone watermelon, crates of ...

Long before becoming a sweet snack, graham crackers were created as part of a 19th-century moral movement aimed at curbing lust and promoting purity through diet. This surprising story blends food ...

Anthony Cavo, avid collector of antique photographs, has curated from his collection heart warming nineteenth and early twentieth photographs of humans and their dogs into his new book Love Immortal.

The second half of the 19th century was a particularly interesting time to imagine Mars. This was a period during which the ...

If you think moving is hard today, a century ago, Chicago tenants faced price-gouging, extortion and havoc in the streets every May 1.

In the 19th century, an art form known as lithophanes was all the rage in Western Europe. These thin engravings were usually made from translucent materials like porcelain or wax.

Video footage showed four people on a bridge that leads to the Tarrytown Lighthouse and later exiting the building, authorities said.

In the 19th century Comstock was like, “I'm going to use surveillance, and I'll use this brand-new position in the postal service to police what I call obscenity.” ...

A shipwreck that occurred in 1883 was found “remarkably intact” in Lake Michigan by the Michigan Shipwreck Research Association (MSRA).

Ever since the invention of the microscope, humanity has gained access to the world of the incredibly small. Scientists discovered that creatures never known to exist before are alive in an ...