Clara Lovering eloped with 17-year-old Herman Webster Mudgett before a New Hampshire justice of the peace in 1878. She didn’t expect him...
William Mitchell Kendall never delivered a single piece of mail, but he gave the United States Post Office its most famous motto....
General stores had their heyday between 1820 and 1860, when income was rising and the population was growing. Like the Hope General...
The Fall River skeleton discovered in 1832 in a sand bank near a church had an unusual feature: It was clad in...
The summer White House has featured in presidential life since John Adams returned to Quincy, Mass., to get away from the muggy...
Towns and cities across America are dotted with WPA-era murals. Many of them pay tribute to the working classes of America. But...