Artifacts and human remains taken by a Norwegian explorer and anthropologist in the late 1940s are being returned by a museum ...

On Nov. 12, 1954, a main entry point into the United States was closed as immigration station, detention center.

The closing of the U.S. busiest immigrant processing station, the crowning of a new emperor in Japan and the birthday of the “Godfather of Grunge.” ...

The Park Service described a typical day at the immigration station: “Immigrants came face to face with inspectors, interpreters, nurses, doctors, social workers, and many others. As a large federal ...

Isabel Belarsky was one of the millions of migrants who passed through Ellis Island in New York. In 2014, she told the BBC about arriving in the US from the Soviet Union in 1930.

Discover the places in New York City! Our list explores top tourist attractions like Times Square and the Statue of Liberty, ...

First Team: Jack Pachla, Jr., Grand Island; Tyler Parrish, Sr., Lockport; Luke Leardini, So., Lew-Port; Luke Hutton, Sr., ...

Icons of American liberty and freedom, the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island have long been a mainstay of the New York skyline and its history. Stretching back to the Dutch colonial settlement in the ...

Enjoy special priority boarding for the ferry, and then cruise over to Liberty Island before most of the crowds arrive. After visiting the Statue of Liberty Museum, continue to neighboring Ellis ...

Ellis is set to make its small screen debut this week, but when can viewers expect to tune in? The Channel 5 series follows two detectives as they tackle seemingly impossible cases that have ...

The Robben Island Museum (RIM) manages the island, which is carefully preserved as a historical and educational site. RIM "implements a wide range of conservation, educational, tourist ...