In the summer of 1774 Jefferson retreated to Monticello and wrote a secret plea meant to avert disputes with the British — a ...

The author relied on personal diaries, newspaper clips, photographs and family trees to tell stories often lost in the wider ...

Eight decades ago, a presidential commission guided by Jefferson’s great-great-grandson selectively edited the Founding ...

The Free Press: "Clearly, the [NYC] population is primed for a villain, and the world’s oldest scapegoats are just wandering around New York for the taking." Will those naive scapegoats realize who ...

The $450 million museum blends into the Badlands landscape and portrays the life and lifestyle of the colorful president.

Do you know what people from each state are called? Find out the official nicknames for residents of each state—and the ...

But each U.S. state has such an embarrassment of riches, it’s almost impossible to see everything that’s worthwhile. Don’t ...

The Lye Brook Falls Trail rewards moderate effort with views of one of Vermont’s highest waterfalls, where water cascades down a series of rock formations into pools that reflect the surrounding ...

Tucked between the verdant folds of the Green Mountains and Taconic Range in southwestern Vermont, Manchester offers a masterclass in how to balance small-town charm with just enough sophistication to ...

The concept of thin places is also Celtic, and taking a prayer walk in the early morning as the sun illumines the orange ...

The Tony-winning play paints Abraham Lincoln's wife as a boozy aspiring actress, but how does history really remember her? Meredith Kile is a Digital News Writer-Editor at PEOPLE. She has been an ...

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