With the Combahee River Raid of 1863, Harriet Tubman earned her nickname "Moses" all over again—and became the first woman in ...

St. Simons Island, off the coast of Georgia, is a paradise of beaches, golf courses, tennis courts, swimming pools and nature ...

After his death, Eli Whitney was described as "one of the most distinguished men who our country as produced." ...

A CREEPY ghost town – dramatically abandoned by its residents over 60 years ago – has started to see visitors flood back to ...

After a winter break used to remodel, President James Monroe’s estate re-opens to the public Saturday with new messages for ...

Marshall Twitchell had only been in Northwest Louisiana for six months when he met a young woman named Adele Coleman in ...

The story of the Headquarters House began in 1853 when Jonas and Matilda Tebbetts built the now-historic home.

Colombia has reactivated arrest warrants for top commanders of the ELN guerrilla group after an outbreak of violence in the country's northeast claimed dozens of lives and displaced nearly 32,000 ...

Over the next few years, the Mississippi Department of Archives and History aims to revitalize some of the state's most ...

For many Colombians, the recent bloodshed carries echoes of a civil war that killed 450,000 over more than half a century and ...

Leaders in South Carolina green lights construction plans on a property believed to be gravesites for enslaved people.

By Jim Beaugez Under cover of darkness during the early hours of June 7, 1863, an army of 1,500 Confederate troops approached ...