Lavoisier had assumed control of France’s national gunpowder production. Considered the founder of the Chemical Revolution, ...

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These models have been built by a manufacture revered for developing nearly 200 of them since 1870... and it certainly shows.

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French visitors are coming to Washington with an old U.S. battle flag and a plan to rekindle memories of the American soldiers who rescued their region during World War I.

The late 19th century saw the phenomenal growth of the railroads and their rapid expansion across the United States.

The village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating. Lincoln lived in New Salem, Illinois, as a young man from ...

NPR animator and illustrator Jackie Lay tells the story of Victoria Woodhull, who wrote a letter to the New York Herald in ...

A panoramic view from the riverfront offered an impression that was suitably exotic while keeping sufficient distant from the ...

Can We Rely on the Police? The Sri Lanka Police is once again under scrutiny, with former IGP Deshabandu Tennakoon ...

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper and Agnes Kemp, who fought for equality, left marks on Harrisburg that are still visible today.

This month’s journey through small-town American currency takes us to the picturesque communities of Randall, Kansas, and ...