This is the sixteenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

These books confront readers with the recent past and distant future, bring them to southeastern Africa and an alternative ...

Revere, who was later immortalized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s famous poem, was one of many riders who rode through the ...

That’s the “logo map” of the country ... They also attacked the British colonies of Malaya, Singapore and Hong Kong. The Philippines was the largest U.S. colony when Japan invaded in ...

Archaeologists in St Augustine, Florida, have unearthed remnants of the city's brief British colonial period during a recent ...

After the fights at Lexington and Concord's North Bridge, the British column had to return to Boston. On its way, the ...

On Friday night, Bostonians and history buffs alike were invited to celebrate the 250th anniversary of Paul Revere’s legendary Midnight Ride warning of the arrival of British Army troops.

And as this map shows, you won't need to travel far to find them. Even if you choose to avoid travelling, and to stay at home instead, this list will provide you with some of the best pubs on your ...

Smuts is well known in South Africa as a major historical figure. He helped establish South African autonomy while still a ...

Banerjee, an intrepid explorer and talented epigraphist, worked for the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) when the country was under British colonial rule. He spent months travelling to distant ...

The Inn at Hastings Park has a front-porch view of the start of the Revolutionary War. But there’s much more to the vibrant towns of Lexington and Concord than just battle re-enactments.

In 1607, 104 English settlers picked the worst possible spot to build America’s first permanent colony. The 104 original ...