Rep. Vince Fong, R-Bakersfield, opens a box to show family members of World War I veteran Andreas Cagoulides the Purple Heart ...

Artists Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs are asking $1.25 million for a 118-year-old boat docked at Staten Island.

In the 1800s, it was believed that corners harbored disease. Thus, all the hallways of the Ellis Island hospital are rounded.

Since she didn't have any documents proving who she was or that she was married to a United States citizen, Alexandra was considered an undocumented immigrant and sent to Ellis Island ...

In the 19th century, debates about contract workers sorted immigrants into "natural" and "unnatural" categories.

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York and New Jersey disagreed over more than 160 years of history Thursday in a unique trial at the Supreme Court to determine which state is the home for most of Ellis ...

The Feature Profile Test, in the collections of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History, was administered to immigrants at Ellis Island in the early 20th century. Those who failed to ...