A newly analyzed medieval manuscript suggests that sailors from the same region as Christopher Columbus may have known about ...

Point Roberts is technically part of Washington state, but you’ll need a passport to get there. When 19th-century mapmakers drew set the U.S.-Canada border at the 49th parallel, they left Point ...

The Marlette Flume was hardly Nevada’s only 19th-century engineering wonder: the Silver State’s rise was built on ambitious ...

Greg Grandin’s sweeping history of the new world shows how immutably intertwined the United States is with Latin America.

After a five-year fight, a US District Court for the District of Arizona granted a temporary restraining order to block a ...

Have you ever visited a town and felt like you went back in time? Well, certain American towns offer that feeling. They carry ...

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and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. A 19th century terraced house in Chepstow has been put on the market for £375,000.

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