Two of the most prominent members of 19th century high society managed to combine romance and scandal in a one-day trip to a ...

The company’s current season features an array of engaging mixed bills, including two world premieres: Justin Peck’s ...

This recipe from 1880 is one of the many, many ways that people prepared them. The sauce is creamy and delicious and ...

Step back in time with me as I experience a classic straight razor shave at New York Shaving Company, a barbershop preserving the vintage shaving traditions of the 19th century. This old-school ...

A violin handcrafted in 1714 by Antonio Stradivari, the famous Italian luthier, has been sold for $11.25 million by Boston’s ...

Donald Trump is waging war on the civil service in the name of efficiency. But Washington created the modern civil service to ...

A private boarding school in rural western Massachusetts that opened in the 19th century is receiving a $50 million bequest ...

A Sewanee woman and her daughter found themselves sitting on their hands at a Christie's auction in New York City in January, trying not to accidentally bid while they were gawking at the going rate ...

President Trump has long celebrated William McKinley's tariff policies. Vintage photos show how they affected Americans.

Across New England, the time-honoured charms of Cape Cod, Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard are getting a new lease of life.

Journey back in time to April 15, 1874 in Paris, when Impressionist painters began creating their groundbreaking work.

Everett pulls off a masterly linguistic confection, in which enslaved people use Black English only as a wary affectation.