Fort Hill, the plantation home of former U.S. Vice President John C. Calhoun, in Clemson, South Carolina, circa 1950s Credit - Authenticated News—Getty Images Amid contentious national pushback over ...

Conrad's mother didn't expect to dig up anything but weeds in her garden in southern Germany. When she unearthed a weathered dagger she was inclined to throw out the find, until her son intervened.

It was the two old men everyone gravitated toward. The tourists, the filmmakers, the conspiracy theorists. They all crowded around the men near the grassy knoll, two people who saw history unfolding.

MINNEAPOLIS — The first display within 'Human Toll: A Public History of 35W' is designed to get your wheels turning. There is a sign that asks, "How did you get here?" Next to it, tokens representing ...

The bronze plaque was installed last February to acknowledge the grim history of a Southern California beach city that ran a Black family out of town, shattering their haven for Black beachgoers. Now ...

Americans are likely to think of New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day as a time to celebrate the fresh start that a new year represents, but there is also a troubling side to the holiday’s history. In ...

The Washington State Fair, which starts Friday, takes place on a fairground where Japanese Americans were incarcerated during WWII. Now, there's a memorial to remember that history. The Washington ...