An exhibit at the Morgan Library celebrates "a lively mind," including with items like a letter she wrote with every word spelled backward.

The 19th-century building, in a historic district in Fort Greene, has 12 condos, starting at $1.195 million, each with ...

In a beautiful and historic building dating from the 19th century in Courbevoie, near Paris, a 538-square-foot apartment has ...

That’s exactly what happens when you encounter the Historic Wehr Covered Bridge in Allentown, a stunning piece of 19th-century craftsmanship that’s been quietly spanning Jordan Creek for generations.

Museums are great places to escape to. That’s obvious. An antidote to the daily grind, to highways and traffic jams and to current affairs, they have air conditioning, clean bathrooms, cafes. You ...

Spain's wax museum of dermatology, once a treasured teaching tool for medical students, will be closing its doors. Founded in ...

Ball, a free man of color, opened a one-room photo studio in Cincinnati in 1845, but the business soon folded. He honed his ...

It is hoped the Perth plaques to David Octavius Hill and Jessie Mann - unveiled on June 29, will be joined by one to mark ...

A History of Photography” showcases Robert Mapplethorpe, Man Ray and other big names, but the important exhibition is so much more, looking at expressions of gender and sexuality across two centuries.

A new exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery traces three different 1800s forms of photo-making: daguerreotypes, ...

The very first cameras started appearing at the beginning of the 19th century, and were initially used to photograph ...

An 1886 photo captures a daring leap of faith This photo was taken by H.H. Bennett, the 19th century photographer and historian who helped put Wisconsin Dells on the map.