Britain has more than 3,000 stately homes, and many are open to us hoi polloi. Indeed, visiting a stately home has become a ...

The Lewis & Clark State Historic Site in Hartford, Illinois, celebrates the Illinois portion of the Lewis & Clark Expedition ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

In 1805, Bates was walking down Market Street one day when he passed Ephraim Pentland on the street. Bates was a rising political figure in the city and Pentland, then an editor at the paper, Tree of ...

The year 1805 in architecture involved some significant events.

The clocks in the current collection are a homage to both founders, Jean Marc Vacheron (1731-1805) and Francois Constantin (1788-1854). With the take-over by the Vendome/Richemont group at the end of ...