The enduring influence of the egalitarian religious sect known as the Shakers is on full view at Vitra Design Museum.

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The site focuses on the history of the fur trade and the post that operated there for decades in the 19th century.

A 19th century ship that sank nearly 140 years ago has been found “frozen in time” off Britain’s coast. Twenty-three crew members died when the SS Nantes sank off the coast of Cornwall in ...

A previously unknown shipwreck lying in nearly 70 meters of water off the coast of Estonia's largest island, Saaremaa, may be of a British collier which sank in the mid-19th century. The site has been ...

Spend the night in a stylish, Mad Men-inspired Airbnb with lake views and timeless mid-century design. Step back in time and experience the allure of mid-century modern living at the Falk House—an ...

A rare 19th-century condom decorated with an erotic etching featuring a nun and three clergymen is going on display at a museum in the Netherlands. Believed to be made from a sheep’s appendix ...

“The Gunfighters: How Texas Made the West Wild” argues that the kind of men who came here in the 19th century brought the dueling traditions ... Sutton-Taylor started in ’68 and went well into the mid ...

At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the British economist and statesman David Ricardo established the widely accepted fact that global trade can create value through comparative advantage.

Sixty years ago, renowned artist Sir Russell Drysdale approached his longtime friend Guilford Bell with a vision. He wanted to build a dream home on a wild bushland plot north of Sydney. Bell ...