Connecticut's 1639 colonial celebration is often considered one of the first times a government had issued a "public ...

This 5-acre rural retreat that’s just a few minutes from downtown Fairfield and Westport, Connecticut, centers on a renovated 1941 Colonial farmhouse with a host of modern amenities, including a pool ...

The American Civil War. Remember it? Well, no, because you weren't alive. But you've read about it, and the Civil War officially ended exactly 160 years ago, with the last shot fired June 22, 1865.

The Green Dragon Tavern, a coffeehouse in Boston that served as a meeting place for the Sons of Liberty BPL via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY 2.0 In the 18th century, Williamsburg was Virginia’s ...

This small New England town has all the ingredients for a lovely getaway, with historic tall-masted ships, water views and picturesque streets lined with boutiques and cafés.

The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artifacts from its vast ethnographic collection to Indigenous peoples from Canada, as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress ...

In a state rich with colonial history and coastal charm, there is only one place officially recognized within the National Park Service (that isn’t a trail through the state). This distinction belongs ...

WILBURTON, Okla. — Nestled among the lush forests and mountain foothills of rural southeastern Oklahoma is a soldier's utopia, a sleepy enclave where U.S. veterans can claim their share of the ...

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