Follow in the footsteps of the Buffalo Soldiers, who guarded parks and created trails in Yosemite, Sequoia, and Hawai’i ...

Stacker used Census data and other sources to explore the history of Black Wall Streets and their legacy in present-day Black ...

Rochester Institute of Technology students are using a new technology to capture an old experience. Their virtual reality app ...

Building on his earlier classic work, Evangelicals and Politics in Antebellum America, Carwardine observes that the Whigs, ...

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every state's nickname.

The U.S.-born children of unlawfully imported former slaves received citizenship in 1868.

Nestled in the rolling hills of northwestern Illinois, Galena is a time capsule of 19th-century charm with a modern twist.

Why didn’t the United States annex Canada during earlier historical periods? In short, because it didn’t want to. President ...

At first, Canadians just shook their collective heads when United States President Donald Trump suggested Canada become the 51st American state. They rolled their eyes when he posted a fake image of ...

But why does Trump want Greenland so badly? Is it even possible to purchase sovereign territory in the 21st century, and if so, ...

The nation's tallest peak, which Trump ordered be renamed Mount McKinley, has not yet been changed in federal databases and ...

Maps from U.S.-based Google now show the Gulf of America in place of the Gulf of Mexico. The company renamed the feature when ...