Collectors relish so-called hidden-mother photographs as historical oddities. These 19th-century images contain very young children held still by half-obscured adults who crouch behind chairs or lurk ...

If you had no idea that Ohio had its very own collection of rare feline-inspired artifacts, you wouldn’t be alone. Many are still unaware that an entire museum exists to document the history of cats ...

Tucked into the rugged landscape of Utah lie two striking landmarks—the eerie rock formation known as the Devil’s Slide and the legendary 1000 Mile Tree, once a symbolic marker on the transcontinental ...

In school, history often comes packaged in tidy chapters and predictable timelines, but let’s be honest, real history is anything but neat. It’s messy, dramatic, filled with surprises, and often way ...

Ever wondered about the ways Lowcountry folk controlled insects, stored food, kept warm and met other household needs during the 18th and 19th centuries? Well, a walk through the storage area of the ...

Historic Minneapolis photos and documents dating to the 1800s are now available online, in a new digital archive maintained by the city. The new catalog of the city's ...