From muscle-bound castles to lavish manor houses, the world is filled with fine stately homes – and many of them happen to be ...

With a vast expanse of natural splendor, South Dakota is rich in history, outdoor experiences and unique activities. In the Mount Rushmore State, visitors will find two of the world's longest ...

The 'Titanic' sinking became the most infamous shipwreck in history—but what really happened on that unusually calm night in ...

At that time, relatives of the late Mary Lincoln, who had been first lady from 1861 until her husband Abraham's assassination ... And just as weddings and christenings are spectacles and are ...

Nestled in the heart of Chicago’s Andersonville neighborhood, the Village Discount Outlet is a thrifter’s paradise masquerading as a no-frills discount store. From the outside, it looks like any other ...

Abraham Lincoln made a stopover at Cincinnati on his way to his inauguration in 1861, just as the nation was falling apart.

In today's look at local history, we meet a McLean County woman who once sat on Abraham Lincoln's knee and explore whether ...

Abraham Lincoln Library & Museum (ALLM) will commemorate the 216th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s birth with a special ...

National Park Service employees dust the statue of President Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial in May 2022. (Salwan Georges/The Washington Post) I decided, the other evening, to walk to the ...

Check out the latest exhibits and events Central Illinois museums, galleries and historic sites have to offer.

When Abraham Lincoln was preparing his speech for his second inaugural in 1865, historians think he cut the sentences and paragraphs from a printed draft and pasted them onto the copy he planned ...

The non-profit museum originally operated above a store ... flag was present when John Wilkes Booth shot U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the head on April 14, 1865. The president died the ...