As The Doane Stuart School in Rensselaer plans to shut its doors permanently, the board of trustees is working to help remaining students find new schools — and secure a buyer for the 26-acre campus.

A 1787 letter linked to two U.S. presidents was purchased for $2.759 million, the highest bid during the “Icons of History” auction.

A nearly 150-year-old organization is expanding its Old Louisville footprint with the purchase of a former coffee shop space ...

Sandford Fleming believed major infrastructure projects could build nations, though he raises challenging questions about ...

On Thursday morning the West Virginia women’s basketball team held an open practice session with the media in attendance, which in its own way represented an early summer’s ...

If a trip to England is anywhere on your 2026 or 2027 calendar, one of the great pieces of Western history is about to be ...

The Grant County Historical Society is hosting an event to mark America’s 250th anniversary. The History Hop will begin July ...

The book club was founded in 2017 and centers books with women-led narratives Carly Tagen-Dye is the Books editorial assistant at PEOPLE, where she writes for both print and digital platforms. Reese ...

Learning company HMH (formerly Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), drawing on nearly two centuries of history in Massachusetts, has completed the donation of 20 works of ...

A queer professor explains the chaotic creative process behind the creation of our modern-day community banners.

A boat makes a morning trip through the Erie Canal in Rochester, New York, October 2021. Johnny Milano Former President Thomas Jefferson considered the proposal “little short of madness.” The project ...

You’ve always loved history. Or maybe you’re just getting into it now, with the semiquincentennial coming up soon. You want ...