Category - History

The Lost Coast is one of the last undeveloped stretches of the California coastline, with mountains that rise thousands of feet from the sea. Loc...

Once known as the "Paris of the West," Motown became synonymous with urban abandonment and arson as job and population decline took hold in the l...

From pastureland to military base to a playground for the wealthy, Montauk could tell a thousand stories. Montauk, the easternmost hamlet in the ...

For much of the 20th century, the Chicagoland area was a manufacturing mecca due to its central geographic location and ready access to rail and ...

Fort Jackson is a sprawling military base east of Columbia, South Carolina. With the impending entry of America into World War I, city fathers r...

Logging in Wisconsin explores the 70 years when logging ruled the state, covering the characters who worked in forests and on rivers, the tools t...

Travel back in time through the heyday of the old Erie Canal and see how it unleashed the growth of the United States. The building of the Erie C...

Go inside the people, places, forests and machines that made Maine the logging and lumber giant it is today. Known as the Pine Tree State, Maine ...

Established outside Columbus, Georgia, in October 1918 by the United States Army as Camp Benning, the base was moved to its permanent location, n...

Throughout its history, the 76-square-mile island of Catalina has played host to Native Americans, smugglers, otter hunters, ranchers, miners, en...

The town of Wellington was located by the Stevens Pass summit in the Cascade Mountains. During the last days of February in 1910, the snow was re...

Syracuse, a small, nostalgic farm community located about 25 miles north of Salt Lake City and bordering the eastern shore of the Great Salt Lake, ...

In 1776, two Mexican Franciscans trekked into what is now the state of Utah. While they said the rosary and offered litanies to the saints, they di...

Covering more than 8,000 squares miles and spanning the roughly triangular area between Quebec; Dorset, Vermont; and Glens Falls, New York, the Cha...

In all aspects of life, from politics and education to religion and business, the Black Baltimore community has been a leader for civil rights. Fro...

Pittsburgh's Bridges takes a comprehensive look at the design, construction, and, sometimes, demolition of the bridges that shaped Pittsburgh, ra...

Seen on the roadways of Charleston County and in museums and galleries worldwide, handmade sweetgrass baskets have been crafted in the Christ Chu...

First African Baptist Church has served the Richmond community since 1780, proving to be a pillar of strength for African Americans in the former C...

Tampa has a fascinating past that has been wonderfully documented with one exception: African Americans. This culturally rich community is virtua...

Tangipahoa and St. Helena are two of the eight Florida Parishes in southeast Louisiana. In 1810, St. Helena Parish was founded, and Tangipahoa Pari...

African Americans have lived in Boyle County, Kentucky, since the first settlement of the area in 1775. Mostly enslaved, by the Civil War, the coun...

As one of the few planned state capitals, Raleigh, North Carolina has experienced tremendous growth since its creation. Historic Raleigh traces t...

This book documents the interesting history of Detroit's historic Eastern Market. Established in 1891, Detroit's Eastern Market is the largest hi...

Westminster Colony was founded in 1870 by Presbyterian minister Rev. Lemuel P. Webber. The colony, based on Protestant Christian tenets and tempera...