Welsh was actively discouraged in schools by means including the hated Welsh Not. The mid-19th century was a turbulent period ...

Some 70 art galleries from the UK and around the world are exhibiting at the 12th annual Art London, which opens in the special marquee ...

It was one of Joseph Sorger's last wishes to have his estate sold at auction at Freeman's, a venue at which he had procured much of his collection.

In the late 19th century, Karl Weierstrass invented a fractal-like function that was decried as nothing less than a “deplorable evil.” In time, it would transform the foundations of mathematics.

Rensselaer officials envision a future of new residences and jobs that puts environmental harm away in the past.

Cambridge Hall, a storied building that served as a Catholic school for more than a century, is up for auction. The restored ...

Clifton College, Bristol (Victorian engraving) Clifton College, an independent school in the suburb of Clifton, Bristol, as seen during the late 19th century. Some boys are playing cricket in the ...

The Old Jail Museum, a coral-pink Victorian beauty with a sinister secret, is not your average tourist trap. Built in 1891, ...

Organized around five themes dating back to the medium’s beginnings, this exhibition explores nineteenth-century photographs through the work of twenty-one contemporary artists. Reflecting the ...

Miners once lived and worked in Humberstone saltpeter works. Now it's a ghost town and UNESCO World Heritage Site. Photos ...

The library of the Perkins School for the Blind holds a collection of dozens of Martin Kunz's tactile graphics.

Barely half of Michigan adults had a high school diploma in 1970. Only 53% of Michiganders age 25 and older had finished four ...