Low water in the Meramec and other Missouri rivers can reveal skeletons of the past, including those of old steamboats.

William Wells Brown, a former slave from St. Louis, became one of the first published Black novelists and playwrights in the United States. Brown used his experiences as a ...

Today is Saturday, March 29, the 88th day of 2025. There are 277 days left in the year. Today in history: Advertisement Article continues below this ad On March 29, 1974, a group of Chinese farmers ...

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and ...

The American Queen steamboat won’t stop in Winona and La Crosse this week as planned because of high water on the Mississippi River.