They may not serve our contemporary way of life as well as their newer counterparts, but they certainly are beautiful. Plus, ...
Victoria had noticed something unusual about the desk. She did a little digging and came up with an interesting theory.
In 1832, Tatsu Takayama made a defiant climb up to the top of Mount Fuji dressed as a man. This is the story of her historic journey.
How To Dress For All Occasions In The 18th Century!' History Hit's Alice Loxton visits the Fashion Museum in Bath to explore ...
Deepti Sharma and Shafali Varma emerged as heroes. The Indian women’s team etched its name in history, becoming world ...
Poll watchers were tasked with identifying ineligible voters, duplicate voting, or ballot tampering. In some states, watchers could challenge a voter’s eligibility, triggering additional verification.
The famine was caused by the oomycete Phytophthora infestans, commonly known as late blight, which destroyed potato crops, the staple food for much of Ireland’s poor. This microorganism is very ...
Vera West made her mark on 20th-century horror cinema. Historians continue to ponder the sad circumstances of her story ...
The explosion of novels about intense female friendships, in the Elena Ferrante mold, is changing the genre—and making it ...
To the casual observer, it is a beautifully preserved 18th-century chapel, a relic of a bygone era.  But after dark, it is something more ...
The infamous tale of two ex-lovers, first penned in Pierre Choderlos de Laclos's 1782 novel, has been adapted several times previously.
Was there any scientific basis to potions, lotions and salves that folk healers prescribed, or was it all just hocus pocus?