Two months after the war ended, Confederate soldiers destroyed a fleet of Yankee ships, which were harvesting bowhead whales ...

Archaeologists Dig a Civil War-Era 'Witch Bottle' Full of Nails; Likely Used as Talisman to Ward off Evil Spirits Researchers ...

A landlord with a keen interest in history has claimed he has uncovered evidence his pub may have existed at the time a ...

U.S. post offices will close for a day next week in recognition of a national holiday.

Even longtime Civil War history buffs learned something new at the Kankakee Valley Historical Society’s event Saturday in ...

The holiday season is a time of giving. Giving thanks, giving gifts and giving unsolicited opinions. Sophomore Elizabeth ...