As part of a new map, in 1979 a reader "proposed to the Globe that the soil removed from the Alewife extension of the T be ...

In 1850, a historic contract recorded in Cape Girardeau reveals the gold rush journey of John P. Edinger and others to California.

Hello, this is Victor Davis Hanson for The Daily Signal. I’d like to do something a little bit different. I want to talk ...

The process of colonizing North America transpired quickly between 1492 and 1620 with an increasing number of settlers ...

Iowa became a territory on July 4, 1838. In 1839, the U.S. Congress authorized two roads in the new territory. One road went ...

The owners of the much-heralded Burkes-Belluschi House in Portland’s West Hills have long invited architectural scholars and Northwest modernism appreciators to tour their private property. Now, the ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Many New Yorkers can attest to the countless hidden gems scattered throughout the city. Onedestination in particular, ...

You never know what treasures might be hiding in your attic, but if you’ve got a few vintage maps stashed in there, you may ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every state's nickname.

Mexico will take Google to court if it insists on changing the Gulf of Mexico's name to "Gulf of America" for Maps users in ...

Mexico will take Google to court if it insists on changing the Gulf of Mexico's name to "Gulf of America" for Maps.