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Bellemeade parking deck stirs memories of once-grand mansion near the heart of Greensboro
Greensboro's Belle Meade once existed as a grand mansion in the 1860s, long before its name marked a parking deck.
A museum opens at a former factory in the Czech Republic where Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews
A dilapidated industrial site in the Czech Republic where German businessman Oskar Schindler saved 1,200 Jews during the ...
Pope Leo XIV’s Creole heritage highlights complex history of racism and the church in America
The new pope’s French-sounding last name, Prevost, intrigued Jari Honora, a New Orleans genealogist, who began digging in the ...
Smithsonian to review whether to keep artifacts donated by S.F.’s Rev. Amos Brown
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture is going to consider whether to permanently keep two prized artifacts belonging to civil rights icon Amos Brown — which the ...
Museum of Science and History taking steps toward future
There are the obvious permanent displays such as the mammoth skeleton, the cave area and the coal mine gallery at the Museum of Science and History. But behind the scenes are thousands of artifacts ...