For a land-locked state, Wyoming has its share of naval history, including two battleships that served in the Civil War, ...

Maurice Atkins had two WWII-era oil-stained life jackets — the first saved his life when the Empress of Asia was bombed off ...

Montrose in Angus became pivotal to events in the 1745 Jacobite rising given the deep harbour and pool of men ready to lend their support to Prince Charles Edward Stuart.

The annual event, organized by the Garden Club of Virginia, is the only statewide tour of its kind in the nation.

Simon Parker is so enamored with off the beaten track America, that he has cycled across the nation twice. Here are 23 of his ...

In the soundings by the sloop-of-war Albany, at 680 fathams, the temperature was 81°, while that of the air was 83°, and at 995 (5970 feet) fathoms it was only 80°, while the temperature of the ...

Charles Emerson, who lived near Mekeel’s Corners, claimed he killed six crows with one shot from his English fowling piece.

One could debate just how fanciful its near-future depiction of America going to war with itself over a president who refused ...

Paramount is moving forward with the Western movie Man of War starring Samuel L. Jackson, with Tim Story directing and ...

Filmmaker Alex Garland wanted to make a different kind of war film. Would it be possible, he wondered, to take 90 minutes of ...