From candlelit mansions to ghostly art tours, the Big Apple is teeming with places that reveal its haunted history.

As America approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, the popular annual York County History Storytellers event will focus on ...

Looking for a picturesque hiking escape while visiting New York City? This hiking trail in Upper Manhattan offers views of New Jersey’s Palisades River and the lower Hudson Valley.

Not much is known about Abigail Cogswell Dayton’s early life. She is likely the Abigail Cogswell, daughter of John Cogswell, who was baptized Nov. 21, 1751, in Kent, Conn. More ...

Yellowed by time and brown around the edges, the four- by-seven-inch booklet titled “Regulation for the Order and Discipline of the Troops of the United States” helped transform the Continental Army ...

In the summer of 1776, Thomas Jefferson arrived in Philadelphia to help define a new nation — even as his own life embodied the inequalities of enslavement.

On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty, a national symbol of the United States, symbolizing freedom, democracy, and ...

Former President Barack Obama will headline rallies Saturday for Democrats running for governor in Virginia and New Jersey, corralling voters ahead of elections that may signal the national mood 10 ...

More than 50 tall ships will sail up the Hudson River on July 4, 2026, for America’s 250th, with Bergen County offering prime ...

Allison Huntington Chase, the 38-year-old founder of Madame Morbid’s Trolley Tours, is tooling around droves of New Yorkers ...