Samson Historical is one of a very few 18th century style stores in the country and probably the only one in the state. The ...

A scene of conflict that was lost to the ages has been unearthed, assembling an indigenous perspective on events at the very ...

The oldest known tombstone in the US belonged to an English knight and likely came from Belgium, according to a new study ...

With their former countrymen divided and lacking a monarch after the English Civil War, Colonists seized an opportunity to ...

Its walls of weathered brick and stone date back to the early 1700s, the space narrow and low but atmospheric. Since colonial ...

In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies gathered in the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. They quickly hammered out a ...

Many Mississippi Territory settlers were saved from smallpox in the early 19th century because of actions taken by William C.

Here's your chance to experience what life was like in Central Maine during the 1700s. Augusta's Old Fort Western will be ...

Maury St. in Richmond. Spirit Halloween leased 9,000 square feet of retail space at Southgate Square, 44-100 Southpark ...

William Blaxton, an eccentric loner and Anglican minister, settled Boston before the Puritans and Rhode Island before Roger Williams — and planted the first apple orchards in America.

In the early 1600s and 1700s, colonial American furniture was made from American hardwoods like oak, walnut, birch, and maple. This continued for centuries. Mahogany became a popular choice in the mid ...