This was the Piri Reis map, a world chart compiled in 1513 by the Ottoman admiral and cartographer Piri Reis. While the map is famous for its early depiction of the Americas, a new wave of academic ...

The prison on Alcatraz Island wasn't called 'The Rock' for nothing. (National Park Service) When I teach the Civil War, I ...

For America’s 250th anniversary, Mississippi is highlighting two museums that describe the state’s contributions to the ...

With cemeteries inaccessible during Sudan's bloody civil war, residents of Khartoum resorted to burying their dead in just ...

For the past four months, Scott McLaughlin, executive director of the Vermont Granite Museum, and 16 employees have been ...

The butter yellow Italianate wood frame on South Oxford in Fort Greene will be razed for an apartment building if plans go ...

The Travel Information Council and its volunteer Oregon Heritage Tree Committee, invite communities across Oregon to shine a ...

The Figure Switzerland has the highest wealth tax in the world, and the trend is rising. Today, it generates 5.6 percent of ...

Despite the history of actual civil rights victories against actual systemic discrimination, American authors such as Ibram X ...

A 1986 map of Montrose and River Oaks, done by Houston artist Randy Ruhlman. Ruhlman, a queer artist, did this piece for ...

San Francisco’s newest museum is the size of a closet, and guests are making appointments months in advance to visit.