This is the latest in a series of monthly columns on central Vermont's granite industry provided by the Vermont Granite Industry of Barre. New England farmers often split granite from surface boulders ...

Jun. 17—The newest historical marker commemorating Oakwood's beginnings has been installed. It honors Four Mile Tavern, a building that dated to the early 1800s, according to the Oakwood Historical ...

As the United States marks its 250th anniversary, WTOP presents “250 Years of America,” a multipart series examining the innovations, breakthroughs and pivotal moments that have shaped the nation ...

SAUKVILLE, Wis. - Saukville brought the sights, smells and sounds of fall to those who visited Autumn Farm Days fall festival on Oct. 1 and 2. For those who attended, it was a trip back in time with a ...

Bob Jones is known among local reenactors for portraying Fort Wayne’s namesake Revolutionary War Gen. Anthony Wayne. But Saturday, Jones was dressed as a lowly private of the early 1800s. He dropped ...

The architecture of New Orleans is as much a potpourri as the European settlers who claimed it – the Spanish, the French, the English-heritage Americans. But some of the city’s loveliest and most ...

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – For generations, rural residents in Northwest Louisiana have claimed that during the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811 and 1812 the Red River flowed backward, flooded Native ...