Between 1892 and 1924, more than 12 million immigrants (mostly from Europe) bid farewell to their hometowns in search of better opportunities in the land of the free. Traveling with little more than a ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - More than 200 artefacts telling stories of early 20th century immigrants to the United States will be returned to New York's Ellis Island immigration museum on Thursday following ...

I’m a descendant of immigrants. Most likely you are, too. When the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, 2.5 million colonists and enslaved people lived in what would eventually become the ...

How (and why) immigrants traveled to America -- How immigrants were processed -- How newcomers dealt with delays and coped with detainment or rejection -- How the immigration staff and others viewed ...

Part of JR’s ‘Unframed — Ellis Island’ installation (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) One of New York City’s most haunting ruins has direct views of the Statue of Liberty and the Manhattan ...

Some 276,000 patients were admitted to the medical facility between 1892 and 1951. But the abandoned complex has long been overlooked, and preservationists are fighting to save it Brian D. Scanlan ...