For those looking for more TV hows delivering period drama like The Gilded Age, you can't go wrong with this assembly of ...

Many cakes have stood the test of time. From the deceivingly-named German chocolate cake to classic angel food, these bakes ...

We thus have one leg in a trap the Wages for Housework movement sought to blow open decades ago. As the historian Emily ...

The Driskill Hotel on Sixth Street in downtown Austin is famed for its grand architecture, its roster of presidential and Hollywood guests, and, most notably, its tales of lingering spirits. As the ...

A 19th century doctor was able to pinpoint which homes were affected by contaminated water, and link that to cholera deaths ...

Emma Stebbins was born in New York City in 1815 to an affluent family. One of nine children, her father, John L. Stebbins, ...

Should we blame Ancient Greece and its perception of male beautyfor the cultural obsession with six-pack abdominals?

In 1894, Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey led a march of unemployed workers to Washington, DC, to protest economic hardship during the Panic of 1893 — the worst economic depression in the US until the ...

Canadian authorities have identified a person known as "The Woman in the Well" nearly two decades after her remains were found. The woman, Alice Spence, was born in September 1881 and had moved to ...

Note to readers • The following is an excerpt from the Salt Lake Tribune’s Open Lands newsletter, a twice-a-month newsletter about Utah’s land, water and air from the environment team. For a sneak ...

In the 1800s women lacked many civil rights enjoyed by their fellow male U.S. citizens. For instance, they were largely barred from voting and property ownership, except in limited cases. Vocational, ...

In a recent study, Dr. Claudine Abegg and her colleagues analyzed the remains of a mummified cranium housed in the collections of the Museum of Cantonal Archaeology and History of Lausanne. The study, ...