From slum clearances to orphanages and onion fares - life is very different in Birmingham compared to the 1800s, but there ...

The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world - here's a brief history of the route in four forgotten historic maps.

On the eve of leaving the city for good, an English art dealer found himself captivated by a 17th-century apartment.

Only one of the three Drexel & Co. banks that Drexel’s founder worked in still exists — and the navy-and-yellow building now ...

Some neighborhoods used to be independent communities. Others started out artificially. And some simply don't exist any more.

"Wish You Were Here" at the Grolier Club explores two centuries of NYC tourism using guidebooks, postcards, and other ...

A map published by Earth System Science Data ... However, large-scale deforestation began in the 19th century, driven by agriculture, industrial logging, mining, railroad expansion, and urban ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rochester Institute of Technology is sharing history through technology in a kind of time travel experience. RIT's 3D digital design program created an interactive virtual reality ...

U.S. President Donald Trump’s vision of America includes the imperial policies of the 19th century. He has touted the vision of ‘manifest destiny’ for the expansion of the United States.

My recipe for candied orange rind comes from an unusual cookbook, “Gentle Breadwinners,” published in 1888. On the surface, the cookbook is a fictional story interspersed with recipes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will spend a day in Bihar –– where polls are due later this year –– where he will address a rally and release the 19th installment of PM Kisan (ANI ...

If you think hordes speed-walking around the city holding huge Starbucks cups is the height of urban hubbub, it has nothing on the hustle and bustle of the 19th century capital. ‘People ran ...