We passed on the offer of 19th century games, too tired even for our wine. The straw bed — supported by rope — wasn’t great. I fell asleep at 5 a.m. out of exhaustion, but I am, admittedly ...

The setting for their flights was what became known as the “Blue Highway,” which ran up and down the Eastern Seaboard and enabled enslaved people to escape as stowaways in below-deck hideaways.

A 19th-Century Church Struggles to Survive. A congregation founded to separate itself from the modern world tried relaxing its rules to retain members but lost them instead Deena So’Oteh ...

A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands.

Welcome to Women of the Century, a commemoration of the 19th Amendment, a major step toward the universal right to vote in the United States. Here you will find interviews with trailblazing ...

A 19th-century shipwreck packed with crates of unopened champagne has been found in the depths of the Baltic Sea.. The long-forgotten vessel was brimming with bubbly, according to the team of ...

The Easter Bonnet Parade in NYC dates back to the late 19th century when affluent New Yorkers would promenade along Fifth Avenue after attending Easter services.

STURBRIDGE, Mass. -- Perhaps it was the intrigue of a straw bed or the chance to finally shoot a gun, but when asked to spend a night living like a farmer in the 19th century, I jumped at the ...

STURBRIDGE, Mass. — Perhaps it was the intrigue of a straw bed or the chance to finally shoot a gun, but when asked to spend a night living like a farmer in the 19th century, I jumped at the ...

STURBRIDGE — Perhaps it was the intrigue of a straw bed or the chance to finally shoot a gun, but when asked to spend a night living like a farmer in the 19th century, I jumped at the ...