Where Galveston Island State Park is today, Colorado investors of the 1890s once wanted to build the town of South Galveston, until nobody wanted to live there.

What is there to visit just outside Cardiff? Incredible beaches, historic priories and unmissable attractions, that's what ...

Growing up, my brother was hard of hearing and I became interested in how he was being treated differently in comparison to what I experienced. When I started my research on disability in the 19th ...

Applying this procedure to investigate the formation of postal space in Brazil at the beginning of the 19th century offers, in a way, a cartographic expression of what João Paulo Pimenta defined as a ...

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

A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands.

What stands out most about the book I'm carrying under my arm, as I meander through the exhibits at the National Maritime ...

19th Century Condom, With Erotic Image, On Display At Dutch Museum Measuring under eightinches, the condom is in "mint condition". UV testing revealed it hasn't been used, says Joyce Zelen ...

The 19th Century time ball, restored at a cost of £500,000, is to be dropped again daily from next month.

A 19th century ship that sank nearly 140 years ago has been found “frozen in time” off Britain’s coast. Twenty-three crew members died when the SS Nantes sank off the coast of Cornwall in ...