The shellfish was considered food for the poor before Emmanuel “Manno” Bernoon, an emancipated Black man, started serving ...

The historical society relied on historical research to determine the jobs that defined Oyster Bay in the 1800s.

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One of the most distinctive things about the streets in the towns and villages of Ireland is the bilingual signage one ...

A century ago, Al Smith was a force in American politics—and the first Catholic to mount a major run at the White House. And ...

In this episode of Tax Notes Talk, Tax Notes contributing editor and historian Joseph J. Thorndike discusses President ...

From the Titanic to today’s record-breaking mega-liners, this ranking explores the largest passenger ships in history, from ...

A reopened New York institution, an enduring Los Angeles museum and much more bring us spring’s must-see exhibitions.

In 19th-century France, the young chemist challenged the theory of spontaneous generation and discovered an invisible world ...

Housed in the former Saratoga Bottling Plant in Saratoga Spa State Park, this museum is a car lover’s dream. From vintage ...

Colonel Henry Steel Olcott was famously denounced as an “unmitigated rascal” by the New York Times in 1871. In Sri Lanka, however, he is still remembered as the revered legend of Buddhist revival—and, ...

There has been an unbelievable breakthrough in the gruesome Jack the Ripper serial killer case that has haunted England for over a century.