“Iconographic Encyclopaedia of Science, Literature, and Art” was translated and updated by Spencer Baird, a man who would become the Smithsonian’s second Secretary. Much like our very own Institution, ...

In new novel The Naturalist Society, CU Boulder alum Carrie Vaughn offers a fresh take on historical fantasy For New York Times bestselling author and University of Colorado Boulder graduate Carrie ...

A sailing ship that sank in the Baltic Sea off the Swedish island of Öland in the late nineteenth century was packed with specialty beverages. Divers from the Baltictech diving group, led by Tomasz ...

How does History move? A generation ago, in the Nineties, it seemed to have forgotten how: perhaps, as Elijah mocked the prophets of Baal, History was on a journey, or… ...

Survivors received “fever passes” that certified their immunity, allowing them increased freedom of movement at a time when a substantial portion of the population was being held under strict ...

In 1869, Wyoming became the first state to give its women the right to vote. In early 1870, the American Woman’s Suffrage Association sent speakers to Montpelier to rally interest in securing the vote ...

You might already be familiar with Greer Macallister through her excellent high fantasy series The Five Queendoms—which she writes under the name G.R. Macallister—but as an author, she cut her teeth ...

QUÉBEC, CANADA—CBC News Canada reports that traces of a stone house with a wood floor were uncovered in the Faubourg Saint-Laurent section of downtown Montreal by a team of researchers led by ...