From colonial towns to seaport villages, some of the oldest towns in the United States take you back in time to eras gone by.

I get chills recalling the sheer power of art that I felt in this room at the National Portrait Gallery, as if the genius loci of Washington, D.C. was standing next to me like a ghost.

A Virginia museum has nearly finished restoring the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, where hundreds ...

Geri Bain for Travel Features Syndicate, goingplacesfarandnear.com If you had asked me whether I knew about Boston’s role in ...

colonial powers exploited native labour. That could be in the form of the encomienda system in South America, which enslaved locals, or the rubber plantations of the Belgian Congo. Meanwhile ...

Night - Clear. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 39 °F (3.9 °C). Sunny with a high of 73 °F (22.8 °C). Winds variable at 3 to 6 mph (4.8 to 9.7 kph). Partly cloudy today with a high of ...

Select the images you want to download, or the whole document. This image belongs in a collection. Go up a level to see more.

Newsweek has created a map showing the most dangerous states in America, according to new research released this week. Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas and Florida are among the most ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Christ Church steeple is reflected on “Liberty Window,” a stained-glass window depicting the First ...

According to settler colonialist theory, “colonial America” refers not only to the 18th century, but also to Americans living on Indigenous land today. From here, it’s just a small skip to ...