The Long Island Rail Road has resumed limited service on its Ronkonkoma, Huntington, Babylon, Oyster Bay, Montauk and Port Washington branches. There is limited service to Grand Central and no service ...

Downing’s “Spring forward: The annual madness of Daylight Saving Time” says the Chicago City Council passed a daylight saving ...

Every state except Hawaii has recorded temperatures below zero. The coldest temp, unsurprisingly, was recorded in Alaska.

Two generations of a wealthy New York City family were oblivious to a secret inside their home: a passageway of the underground railroad.

The third of the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority’s three heritage locomotives, this one honoring the New York ...

Manhattan historians recently discovered a link to the Underground Railroad at the Merchant's House Museum.

A previously undocumented Underground Railroad site has been discovered inside the 1832 Merchant’s House Museum in Manhattan, revealing what researchers say is the earliest known location of ...

This week’s storm, which is expected to bring 12 to 20 inches of snow to the city, has prompted the first blizzard warning issued for the city since 2017.

A new piece of Black history was recently discovered in Manhattan, New York. Since 1936, the Merchant’s House Museum has given visitors a glimpse into “old New York.” However, little did they know ...

For the first time in over a century, historians say a new stop on the Underground Railroad has been discovered, fully intact, in New York City. The site is hidden in the Merchant's House Museum, the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cheryl Wills opening the concealed passageway in the Merchant House Museum linked to the Underground Railroad (Screenshot: ...

NEW YORK -- A hidden chapter of history that was quietly waiting in plain sight has just been uncovered in New York City, concealed behind a second-floor dresser at the Merchant's House Museum.