Turn back the clocks with these incredible historical fiction books and lose yourself in glittering royal courts or bustling ...

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

The nearly 100-year-old steps were closed in 2023 because they were unsafe. City officials and residents are debating what's ...

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“History Matters” is a posthumous collection of historian David McCullough's writing sand speeches. The Associated Press' ...

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Take a walk through the City of Light to explore architectural landmarks and new museum exhibits celebrating the birth of the ...

When I was six, my maiden aunt Eva gave me a first edition of “The World Is Round,” by Gertrude Stein. Eva, who worked in a ...

The Twisted Spine, the Big Apple’s first horror-focused bookstore, opened in Brooklyn this month, hawking upwards of 1,500 ...

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On the hallowed list of world records in track and field, most marks are, indeed, made to be broken. Others are perched there, seemingly set in stone, beckoning all comers to dream of knocking off ...

It’s easy to take for granted the perfectly placed stone steps at hiking spots in upstate New York. But the effort that goes into them is often unseen. Around 8 a.m. on a recent summer morning, about ...